
Gass. 
Book. 



COKYRir.HT DF-POSIT 



PORTLAND: 



ITS 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN 



AND ITS 



POINTS OF INTEREST. 



BY 






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NEWARK, N . J . : 

ropvRir.iirRn I'.v 

Glenwood Publishing Company. 

1891. 




INTRODUCTION 



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The most important dates in the history of Portland are 1632, 
when the first settlement was made within the present city limits ; 
1786, when the town of Portland was incorporated; and 1832, when 
a city charter was granted. Some idea of the courage and persistency of 
those who have made Portland what she is, is afforded by the fact that the 
first two periods in her history close with the total destruction of the town, — 
first, by the Indians in 1690, and, second, by the English naval officer, 
Mowatt, in 1775. Add to this the havoc wrought by the great fire of 1866 — a fire which destroyed fifteen 
hundred buildings and ten millions of property, and rendered ten thousand people homeless — and it 
becomes evident that the wealth and prosperity of the present Portland cannot rightly be attributed to 
good fortune, but rather to the industry, determination, and business ability of her citizens. 

The advantages of location possessed by the city are in some respects so obvious that they cannot be 
questioned by even the most prejudiced. For instance : it is undeniable that Portland is half a day's 
sail nearer England than any other port in the United States. Now this is a very important advantage, 
and its importance is increased many fold by the fact that Portland lies at the eastern extremity of the 
shortest line of rail to the Pacific coast. A gazetteer published at as early a date iu the history of steam- 
boating as 1850, says : "The harbor is one of the best on the Atlantic coast, the anchorage being protected 
on every side by land, the communication with the ocean easy and direct, and the depth sufficient for the 
largest ships. Although in a northern latitude, it is never closed by ice except in the most extreme cold 
weather, and then only for a few days." To the powerful steamers of the present day it is never closed, 
broad channels, navigable for every variety of vessel, being kept open even in the severest weather, and it 
is the simple truth that the wharves of Portland are more easily reached from the ocean at all times of 
year than those of Boston or of New York. 



4 PORTLAXD AXD ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 

Were it not for the fact that the ocean carrying trade of the world has passed under the entire control 
of foreign nations, owing to causes of which it is not within our province to treat, there is no doubt but 
that Portland would be a vastly more important commercial centre than she now is ; and even under the 
present conditions, the transit trade of the port is several times as great as that of all other United States 
ports combined. 

Within the past few years, ship-building in Maine has taken a new lease of life, and the results 
attained show that the qualities which enabled our ship builders to lead the world in the construction of 
wooden ships, will serve them equally well in the building of metal ships, provided they are not too much 
hampered by legal restrictions. If a broad and Just policy be adopted and continued, the American flag 
will once more be seen in the ports of the world, American steamships will attain the supremacy once 
held by American sailing vessels, and passengers and freight will cross the Atlantic from Portland in so 
short a time as to make the phrase " ocean ferry " more significant than ever. 

Certainly no one will deny that the present is a period of transition. Radical and far-reaching changes 
are making on every hand ; past traditions, theories, and habits of thought are being swept away ; the 
nations of the earth are being brought into closer relations than ever before, and people are beginning to 
realize that arbitrary interference with natural exchange is at the best a hazardous experiment, and com- 
monly works only injury to all parties concerned. This is no{ the place to argue for or against free trade, 
reciprocity, the annexation of Canada, or any other political question, but all thinking persons will agree 
that the existing condition of affairs is chaotic, anomalous, and unsatisfactory to all parties, and is surely 
destined to be superseded by a more scientific and definite arrangement. Such a change will be bene- 
ficial to the whole country, especially to that section known as New England, and, above all, to Portland 
and to Maine in general, for it is this State that has had its natural advantages most fully neutralized by 
short-sighted national legislation. 

And yet steady and pronounced progress has been made during the past decade ; the Maine of 
1891 is much more populous, prosperous and wealthy than the Maine of 1881, and the people have 
shown themselves to be as enterprising in discovering and developing new resources as in making the 
most of old ones. Maine is still a great lumber State, but she is also a great ice State, a great granite 
State, and ranks with the largest producers of canned vegetables and provisions in the world. Portland, 
her chief city, has well done her part, as is indicated by an increase in population during the decade from 
18S0 to 1890 of about 6,000, as compared with a gain of 2,400 from 1870 to 1880. A census taken by the 
assessors, and completed early in January, 1891, shows the population at that time to have been 39.595, 
and as every precaution was taken to eliminate errors, and the work was done by men thoroughly familiar 
with local conditions, there is no reasonable doubt but that that number was substantially correct ; so that 
allowing for the natural increase, etc., during the months which have since elapsed, the population of Port- 
land may be stated in round numbers as 40,000. One approaching the city from the sea, and judging 
solely from appearances, would readily believe it to be double or treble that amount, and, indeed, would 
be excusable even if he made a much more exaggerated estimate, especially if he was familiar with 
Boston's appearance and population ; for Boston proper occupies a peninsula of somewhat similar size 
to that occupied by Portland, and its appearance from the sea is no more imposing in spite of its nearly 
half a million inhabitants. The difference is that one sees the whole of Portland and but little of Boston, 
and the illusion concerning the probable population is heightened by the many fine buildings Portland 
possesses, these far out-numbering those to be found in other cities of no greater population. 

The accepted date of the first settlement within the limits of what is now the city of Portland is 1632, 
and it is certain that George Cleeves and Richard Tucker did settle here during that year ; but it is 
asserted by some historians that they were not the pioneer settlers, but were preceded by men who took 
up their abode iiere in 1623, or the same year that Portsmouth and Dover were settled. We have 
the authority of William Goold to support the statement that Captain Christopher Levitt was "the first 
I'^uropean who discovered, appreciated, and described the beauties and capabilities of what is now the city 
and harbor of Portland," he visiting Casco Bay in 1623, and building a house at its western end. Levitt 
held a grant from King James L of six thousand acres east of Piscataqua, and he chose this locality as the 
most eligible one at which to lay the foundations of what he fondly believed was destined to become a 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 5 

noble city, to be named "York." The house mentioned was strongly fortified, and was occupied by Levitt 
and ten other men for about a year, he going to England in 1624 to escort his wife to the new world, and 
leaving his ten companions to hold the fort during his absence. Apparently he never returned, — at least 
there is no record of his having done so, — and there is good reason for believing that his men scattered 
throughout this region, one of them settling on Hog Island. 

If Levitt was the first European to appreciate Casco Bay, he was not the first one to visit it, for the 
redoubtable Captain John Smith himself navigated its waters as early as 1614, during the celebrated 
Summer trip which he, the pioneer Maine Summer tourist, made, for the purpose (as one old annalist 




Bird's-Eye View of Portland in 1891, 

{From City Buildinri towards Peak's Island.) 

quaintly expresses it) of " getting to know the country, capturing whales, preparing for the spread of Chris- 
tianity among the savages, and extending trade and traffic in regions rich in furs." 

Captain Smith says in his account of this excursion : " Westward of Kennebec is the country of 
Aucocisco, in the bottom of a deep bay full of many great isles, which divide it into many great harbors." 
The name "Casco" is a corruption of the Indian word Aucocisco, the meaning of which — like that of 
about all Indian words from which bays, lakes, rivers, etc., have derived their names — seems to either 
have been remarkably elastic, or to have been very vaguely understood by the whites, for some authorities 
translate Aucocisco as "a resting place," while others say it means a crane or heron. Certainly here is a 
great divergency of meaning, but one that is not at all exceptional, as it can be paralleled by numerous 
other examples, — notably that afforded by the name " Winnipesaukee," as applied to New Hampshire's 
greatest lake. For years it was translated as " the smile of the Great Spirit," but now the generally 
accepted meaning is " beautiful water in a high place." 



6 POKTLAXD AXD ITS POINTS OF IXTEREST. 

The most reasonable explanation of the matter is. that historians are guided by iheir imaginations 
and their conception of the poetic fitness of things, rather than by their knowledge of aboriginal tongues, 
in rendering Indian names into English, — the results being generally pleasing, but decidedly uncertain 
and misleading. 

But at all events, the title " a resting place " can certainly be most appropriately applied to Casco Bay, 
and its appropriateness increases every year, for every season witnesses the coming of a larger number of 
vacationists, who enjoy hotel, cottage, or camping-out life on the beautiful islands in the bay. getting thus 
that peculiarly refreshing rest which comes from change of occupation, surroundings, and habits of living. 
and gaining that robust health and vigor which are so apt to result from the influence of pure air. pleasant 
company, freedom from worry, and an abundant supply of all kinds of seasonable food. 

Casco Bay has a width of eighteen miles and a depth of about twelve miles, and it is said to contain 
more islands than any other water of the same area on any portion of the coast of the United States. 
Of course there is a popular legend that these islands are just 365 in number, so as to have an island for 
each day in the year ; for as surely as 100 or more islands are grouped in any body of water, legend has it 
that they number just 365, the most notable exception to this rule being that afforded by the "Thousand 
Isles" of the St. Lawrence. The origin of this "365 legend" is decidedly obscure, for the connection 
between the number of islands in a given space and the days in the year is by no means obvious, especially 
as every year has not the same number of days, and the most credulous person could hardly be made to 
believe that a 366th island appeared every leap year, and vanished at the end of the twelvemonth. Lake 
George is said to contain 365 islands, whereas the actual number is less than 300 ; Lake Winnipesaukee 
has for years been represented as having "an island for every day in the year," but it really has just 274; 
and Casco Bay has less than 150, although a stranger would readily believe there was double or treble that 
number, so closely are they packed in places, and so promiscuously are they scattered about. They differ 
materially in character from the low sandy islands of the Massachusetts coast, being wildly picturesque in 
form, and made up largely of bold cliffs, jutting peninsulas and deeply encroaching bays. 

The names of these islands are not happily chosen as a whole, an example of peculiar infelicity of 
naming being afforded by the name " Hog" Island, applied to one of the most attractive of them all. An 
effort is being made to change some of the more objectionable of these names, and for ten years and more 
many have made it a rule to refer to Hog Island only as " Diamond " Island ; but the tenacity of old 
names, and especially of ugly old names, is remarkable, and several generations must elapse before any 
marked progress will be manifest. The most satisfactory of the present names are of Indian origin, 
examples of these being " Chebeague " and " Jebaskadaggin." The latter is somewhat uncouth, but it has 
no mean associations at all events, and that is more than can be said of " Pumpkin Knob," "Turnip," 
■' Hog," and others that might be mentioned. Casco Bay is encroached upon by several large peninsulas, 
the most important of which forms the neck on which the city of Portland is built. This peninsula is 
about three miles long, and has an average width of three-quarters of a mile. It is at the western extremity 
of the Bay, and is surrounded on three sides by tide-water, the natural advantages of the location being so 
many and decided, that commissioners appointed by the general government to examine the harbor, 
reported: "The city of Portland stands precisely upon the spot which a careful examination would 
pronounce to be the best." Truly those who founded the city "builded better than they knew," when they 
chose a site eligible beyond all others for the carrying on of the great commercial enterprises of the present 
day. At the eastern extremity of Casco Bay is the long, narrow peninsula of Harpswell, about fourteen 
miles from Portland. The township includes several islands as well as the peninsula, and is remarkable 
for the extent of its sea-coast, it being claimed that no State except Maine, on the Atlantic coast, has an 
equal amount. The neighborhood is very picturesque, and is largely visited during the Summer time, 
connection with Portland being had by steamer. 

Casco Bay has for many years been very popular among fishermen and sportsmen, and has probably 
been the scene of at least as many "fish-stories" as any other body of water in America. One of the 
earliest and most marvellous of these was related by Jocelyn, who was here in 1639, and who saw, or, at 
least, tried to make people believe he saw, some very wonderful things. He tells of a man named Mitton, 
an enthusiastic and successful sportsman, cool, collected, and fertile in expedients ; and it was well he was 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 7 

so, for once upon a time "'as he was fetching a compass about a small island for the advantage of a shot," 
a triton, or merman, seized hold of the side of the canoe, and received a most inhospitable greeting, — for 
Mitton seized a hatchet, and cut off one of its hands, which was "in all respects like the hand of a man." 
The creature soon sank to the bottom, and as neither it nor any of its kind was ever seen again, any belief 
in its existence must rest entirely upon Mitton's testimony. 

Jocelyn seems to have been fortunate in meeting with those who had strange e.xperiences, for he was 
the first one to make mention of the sea serpent on this coast, it being referred to by him as having been 











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Bird's-Eve View of Portland (No. 2). 

(From City Building towards Mwijoy's Hill.) 

seen "'coiled up like a cable on a rock at Cape Ann." Since Jocelyn's day, ihe sea serpent has been seen 
often, and under all conditions, in this vicinity, the monster showing his good sense by exhibiting a decided 
fondness for Casco Bay. Of late years, however, he has been somewhat shy, owing possibly to the preva- 
lence of the amateur photographer ; for after centuries of gloomy and awful uncertainty as to magnitude 
and proportions, no self-respecting serpent would expose himself to the risk of being photographed, (and, 
probably, badly photographed, too.) and being displayed, in all his native ugliness, to the curious gaze of 
the gaping public. 

The most picturesque and interesting creatures now inhabiting the Bay are seals, these being found 
in considerable numbers; but they are "hair" seals, not "fur" seals, and, consequently, are much more 
interesting than they are valuable. Although the Bay does not swarm with fish, as it used to in days gone 
by, it still contains about all the varieties of New England salt-water fish, and professional and amateur 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



fishermen get much profit and pleasure from its waters. Gunners, or sea-perch, are the most abundant of 
all, the rocky shores of the Bay and its islands being just suited to their habits, and immense quantities 
of them being caught without any noticeable diminution of the supply from one season to another; but 
cod, haddock, pollock, hake and halibut are also abundant, and when mackerel "strike in" from the open 
-ca, some tremendous hauls are made, and some almost fabulous profits realized. Richmond's Island was 
utilized by the first settlers for the curing of fish, and House Island has been devoted to the same purpose 
for more than two centuries. 

Sea fowl are abundant at certain seasons, and sportsmen visit the Hay by scores in the S]3ring and 
Fall, and often get very satisfactory bags, for although the shooting here is not what it used to be, it is still 

decidedly superior to the aver- 
age in New England. A few 
geese are shot, but the regular 
stand-bys of the Casco Bay 
sportsmen are coot and " old 
squaws," or pintail ducks. 

Although the Bay has been 
a pleasant resort for so many 
years that it may almost be said 
"the mind of man runneth not 
to the contrary," it is of com- 
paratively late years that its 
advantages have been ]H:t with- 
in the reach of the great mass 
of the public, by the furnishing 
of a comprehensive, frecjuent, 
and cheap steamboat and rail- 
way service, this being now 
so perfected that it is easy 
to transport excursion parties 
numbering hundreds, and even 
thousands, from points fifty or 
seventy-five miles inland, to 
some of the islands in the Bay, 
and back again at night, giv- 
ing the e.xcursionists almost a 
whole day at the seashore, 
and putting healthful recreation 
within the means of practically 
every one, for large parties are 
carried at such low rates that 
all can afford them. 

Despite the exposure and 
inconveniences of camp life, 
and the awful stories told of 
starvation, rheumatism and loss 
of sleep by some of those who have "been there," there is a charm in that unconventional existence 
which more than compensates for all its drawbacks, and the noble army of campers increases every year. 
The islands of Casco Bay afibrd many ideal camping grounds ; you may be as sociable or as retired 
as you please ; the fishing is excellent, and a market is close at hand, at which any supplies that can 
possibly be wanted can be obtained ; and so it is not surprising that the campers should be numbered by 
hundreds during the height of the season. But there is no approach to overcrowding, for the camping 




'White Hkad,'' — Porti.an'd H.'^khur. 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



sites are almost unlimited in number, and those who prefer comparative solitude will have no difficulty in 
secluding themselves to their heart's content, while those who prize camp life chiefly for the opportunity 
it gives for hearty and unlimited sociability, will find many others of kiadred tastes, and may make more 
friends here in one Summer than would ordinarily be made in ten years. As for Summer sports here, 
who can name them all? Fishing, sailing, rowing and swimming are but the beginning of them, and 
the complete list is so long, so comprehensive, and so entirely satisfactory, that it is no wonder that those 
who spend one vacation in Casco Bay do not need to be told where to go in succeeding Summers, 
if their circumstances permit them to revisit this region. The cost of a vacation spent here is, of course, 
entirely dependent on the individual, for one may camp out or board at almost nominal expense, or may 
"live like a lord" at one of the several excellent hotels, and pay accordingly; but in any event, one is 
assured of faring at least as well here as elsewhere, and the exceptionally rapid development of this region 
as a Summer resort indicates that that fact is very generally appreciated. 

The building of Summer cottages was begun in earnest about a decade or so ago, and there are now 
many such buildings, of all kinds of architecture, all sizes, and all pretensions, — some being really magnifi- 
cent, while others are mere 
boxes, consisting only of four 
walls and a roof, and being 
furnished in the plainest man- 
ner ; all are alike in one respect, 
at least, — all are devoted to 
health, to enjoyment, and to 
reasonable pleasure, and they 
serve to emphasize the great 
change which has come over 
the American public as regards 
their attitude on the question 
of recreation. A comparatively 
few years ago, "the mighty 
dollar " ruled our thoughts, and 
time not spent in money-mak- 
ingwas looked upon as wasted. 
To-day we hold that 

"All work and no joy. 
Makes Jack a dull boy," 

and we accomplish none the 
less on account of the rational 
habit of resting a couple of 
weeks or so during the heat of 
Summer. The ancient and oft- 
repeated assertion of our old- 
world friends, " You Americans 
don't know how to live," has 
lost whatever truth it may once 
have possessed, and foreign 
critics find themselves obliged 
to consider us in another light 

than that of mere money-making machines, ingenious and wonderfully efficient it may be, but still 
lacking that culture which is the best fruit of modern civilization. 




Trefetheven's Landing — Peak's Island. 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



The First Settlement. 

What is commonly accepted as the first permanent settlement made within Portland's limits, was the 
outcome of the action taken by one John Winter in driving away George Cleeves and Richard Tucker, who 
had settled at the mouth of the Spurwink River, for these men then removed to the peninsula on which 
Portland is now located, and built a house there early in the year 1632. They seem to have been indepen- 
dent adventurers from England, and settled at Spurwink River in 1630, being driven from there by Winter 
by virtue of his office as agent for Robert Trelawney and Moses Goodyear, two London merchants, who 
received in December, 1631, from the Plymouth Colony, a grant of land including Richmond's Island and 
Cape Elizabeth. Cleeves and Tucker had no title to the land, and, consequently, had to give up their 
holdings and improvements without compensation ; but they were apparently not disheartened, or even 
very strongly impressed by their e.\perience, for years passed after they settled in Portland before they 
made any effort to secure a legal title. l!ut Cleeves was very wide-awake and shrewd, and when he heard 
that all the land in this region was included in a grant made by James I. to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, 
although it had formerly been claimed by the Plymouth Colony, Cleeves determined to visit England, 
and endeavor to get a grant of land that would not only ensure his partner and himself against loss, but 
give them an opportunity to gain wealth by developing the country. The tract granted to Gorges included 
about all the territory comprised within the present State of Maine, and was known as the Province of 
New Somersetshire. 

Cleeves arrived in England in 1636, and finally obtained, as the result of tediously long drawn out 
negotiations, a grant from Gorges of a very large parcel of land, including not only the Neck but neighbor- 
ing lands and islands, the limits of the property being defined in the original deed as follows : — 

" Beginning at the furthermost point of a neck of land, called by the Indians ' Machegonne.' and now 
and forever henceforth to be called and known by the name ' Stogummor,' and so along the same westerly 
as it tendeth to the first falls of a little river issuing out of a very small pond, and from thence overland to 
falls of Presumca, being the first falls in that river upon a straight line, containing by estimation from fall 
to fall, as aforesaid, near about an English mile, which together with the said neck of land that the said 
George Cleeves and Richard Tucker have planted for divers years, already expired, is estimated to be in 
the whole 1500 acres or thereabouts, as also one island adjacent to the said premises, and now in the 
tenure and occupation of said George Cleeves and Richard Tucker, commonly called and known by the 
name of Hogg's Island." 

The lands thus described were conveyed for a period of two thousand years, in consideration 01 /fioo 
sterling, and an annual quit rent. 

Having accomplished the mission which brought him to England, Cleeves returned to America, but 
not alone, being accompanied by one Michael Mitton, the same man who became, according to Jocelyn, 
"a most cunning and dexterous fowler," and had so remarkable an encounter with a triton, or merman, in 
Casco Hay. Mitton was a man of fine address, and took a prominent part in the development of the 
colony, marrying Cleeves' only child, Elizabeth, and taking up his residence on the island at the mouth of 
the harbor, now called Peak's Island, it being leased to him by Cleeves, December 28, 1637. Cleeves and 
Tucker had taken actual legal possession of the tract granted them June 8th of the same year. Although 
the demand for lands in the new colony was by no means brisk, the work of settlement went on, and by 
the year 1640 the population of the district had become about fifty. 

'i'homas Gorges, a nephew of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, came to Saco in 1640, and assumed general 
charge of this region, which was at that time beginning to be known as "Ligonia"; but he did not interfere 
with Cleeves, who still had unquestioned sway over the " Neck," and the lands adjacent. The outbreak 
of the great Civil War of England, in 1642, of course attracted Cleeve's attention, and he soon made up 
his mind that it was necessary for him to visit England at once in order to protect his interests, for Gorges 
had joined King Charles I. in the struggle, and the triumph of Cromwell and Parliament meant loss, if not 
ruin, to those holding lands by grants from Gorges. 

Cleeves reached England in 1643, and obtained a new land commission from Colonel Rigby. who had 
bought the title of Ligonia, for a merely nominal sum. Cleeves was appointed Rigby 's American agent. 



PORTLAND AND ITS TO IN IS OF INTEREST ii 

and returning to America, he proceeded to claim governing powers, and called a court at Casco. His 
authority was, of course, denied by Vines, who was at that time Gorges' deputy, and who held court at 
Saco, and one result of the controversy was to split the colonists up into two parties, each of which num- 
bered about thirty, — practically the entire population of the Neck and vicinity siding with Cleeves, while 
the more southern colonists sided with Vines. Governor John Winthrop, of Boston, was requested by both 
parties to decide who was the actual owner and administrator of the country ; but as the answer to this 
question depended upon the outcome of the war then raging in England, Winthrop wisely refused to 
decide until he had positive information as to whether King or Parliament had won. The success of the 
latter resulted in the sustaining of Rigby's title, and in 1647 Cleeves assumed control, as Rigby's agent, 




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Bird's-Eye View of Portland in i8gi. (No. 3.) 

{From Cltji UulUUmj Inokimj tuwarils Cape Eli--abclli.) 



over the Province of Ligonia, his jurisdiction including Saco, Spurwink, Richmond Island, Scarboro' and 
Casco, and all the territory from Cape Elizabeth to Cape Porpoise, inclusive of those points. 

The first regular government of the Province of Ligonia was established in 1648, the officers being 
Colonel A\e.yiTindtr RAghy, Fresideiif and Froprietor ; George Cleeves, Deputy Frcsident ; and William Royall, 
Henry Watts, John Corson, Peter Hill and Robert Booth, Members of Assembly. 

Colonel Rigby gained no profit from his possessions in the New World, for he died in 1650, and his 
death was followed by long and complicated litigation over the title. Cleeves once more visited England, 
where he remained about two years, engaged in active legal warfare to maintain his rights. 



12 PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 

Naturally, this period was a disastrous one for the Colony ; for, as there was no settled government, 
there was no enforcement of laws, no assurance that existing rights would be respected, and no educational 
or religious facilities were afforded. 

The quarrel between the heirs of Gorges and of Rigby, concerning the ownership of Ligonia, had a 
not uncommon termination, — a third party stepping in and carrying off the prize. This third party was 
Massachusetts, who based her claim upon the charter and agreement of the Plymouth Colony with King 
James, in 1620, this charter ante-dating, of course, those of both Gorges and Rigby, and the rights it con- 
ferred passing to Massachusetts on account of her absorption of the Plymouth Colony. 

The question of the justice of Massachusetts' claims has been often and thoroughly discussed, and 
nothing is to be gained by re-opening it at this late day ; suffice it to say, the inhabitants of Ligonia were 
bitterly opposed to the idea of coming under Massachusetts' rule, and they fought long and vigorously to 
prevent such a consummation, — but without avail, for after six years of conflict, their objections were 
finally overruled, and in 1658 Massachusetts took formal possession of the Province, the inhabitants of 
which were obliged to sign a document known as the " Submission in 1658," its provisions being as follows : 

'• We, the inhabitants of Black Point, Blue Point, Spurwink and Casco J3ay, with all the islands there, 
unto belonging, do deem and acknowledge ourselves to be subject to the Government of Massachusetts 
Bay, in North East, as appears by our particular subscriptions in reference to those articles formerly 
granted to Dover, Kittery and \'ork, which are now granted and confirmed unto us, together with some 
additions -as upon record doth appear." 

The civil privileges granted to the residents of Ligonia were to be in all respects similar to those 
enjoyed by the inhabitants of Massachusetts, and were " not to be forfeited by difference in religion," — 
a provision which was especially important, from the fact that practically all the inhabitants of Ligonia 
were adherents of the Church of England, and hence opposed to Puritan ideas and practices. But they 
were by no means zealous churchmen, and would have troubled themselves but little about religion, had 
not Massachusetts striven to propagate her straight-laced doctrines, and sternly rebuked the " idolatry " 
and " ungodliness " she saw in Episcopal practices. 

It is the most difficult thing in the world to drive men of spirit, especially in religious matters, 
although it is generally easy enough to lead them; but gentle and persuasive methods were not at all 
characteristic of the Puritans, who were so absolutely sure they were right that they knew that all who 
differed from them were either foolish or inspired by the devil. 

A Mass.achusetts colony without a settled minister would have been an unheard-of thing, and so 
among the first actions of the new government was the passage of an imperative order to build a meeting- 
house and engage "a learned and orthodox" minister. The house was located where the works of the 
Portland Company now are, and was a mere log cabin with three small windows in each side. 

The Rev. Mr. Burroughs was Portland's first minister, and the choice could not have been bettered, 
for Mr. Burroughs was something more than a "learned and orthodox " preacher, — he was an honest man, 
a man of broad and tender sympathies, tolerant of others' opinions, charitable in word and deed, and at 
the same time possessed of deep-rooted convictions, and perfectly fearless in following a course which he 
believed to be right. Mr. Burroughs perished on the gallows, he being hanged at Salem as a wizard, as 3 
result of his refusing to swear to a lie, during one of those trials for witchcraft which form so foul a bio! 
upon Massachusetts record. 

One of the consequences of the change in the government of this territory was a change in its name, 
or rather the bestowal of the name " Ealmouth " upon a town made up of the territory now included in 
Portland, Cape Elizabeth, Deering, Westbrook and Ealmouth. The name was given in honor of a town at 
the mouth of the river Fall, in Cornwall, England. Casco Neck, however, continued to be so called until 
its incorporation as Portland, in 1786. 

Ill spite of the popular opposition to the assumption of government by Massachusetts, it was an 
excellent thing for the Colony, which had already suffered much from lack of a strong government, and 
which improved rapidly and steadily in morals and manners under the changed condition of affairs. 
Still the growth of the population was discouragingly small, and in 1675 there were but forty families in 
town. More than forty years had passed, since the first settlement by Cleeves and Tucker, without the 



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15 



least trouble with the Indians, but the colonists had been industriously "sowing the wind " meanwhile, by 
cheating and abusing the savages, and they were destined to "reap the whirlwind" in the shape of King 
Philip's War, one result of which was the utter destruction of Falmouth, every one of the settlements in 
town being entirely destroyed, and the colonists killed, captured or driven away, so that the town was 
deserted. This occurred in 1676, and it was not until 1678 that the work of settlement was resumed. 

The colonists were encouraged to repair their shattered fortunes by the action of the government in 
making a frontier post out of Falmouth, and building Fort Loyal, the most extensive and strongest fortifi- 




CoNGREPS Street, Opposite City Hall, in 1891. 



cation on the coast. It was located on a stony height near the foot of India Street, the site being that now 
occupied by the roundhouse of the Grand Trunk Railroad. Many new settlers joined the community, and 
there was considerable ill-feeling between the new-comers and the old proprietors, because the former 
occupied lands allotted them by the government, which were claimed by the old settlers. 

The first mill had been built in 1657, but was destroyed in 1676. The year 1681 witnessed the open- 
ing of the first tavern, and Falmouth was now getting to be quite a populous town, there being between 
six and seven hundred inhabitants in 1688. But the long-threatened conflict between the French and 
Indians on one side, and the English on the other, now began, and Falmouth narrowly escaped destruc- 
tion at the very outset of the war, her exposed position as the most northerly of the English settlements 
causing her to be singled out as the object of an attack made by Indians and French in 1689. The town 
would have been captured and destroyed had it not been for the arrival, just in the nick of time, of 
Major Church, at the head of a force of volunteer soldiers and friendly Indians. A decisive battle was 
fought, and the result was the total defeat of the invaders, who were not only repulsed, but permanently 
driven oil The following year, another, and this time successful attempt, was made to capture the position, 
a force of five hundred French and Indians accomplishing it after a stubborn resistance. They killed Lieu- 
tenant Clark and thirteen men on Munjoy Hill, and then laid siege to Fort Loyal, which they captured after 
five days ; the commander of the garrison. Captain Davis, and the surviving men being taken prisoners. 



14 PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 

At the close of the war, in 1698, a few of the Falmouth colonists returned, and a fort was built, the 
fort and a little collection of cabins being called "New Casco." Hostilities were resumed in 1703, and 
twenty-five persons were killed by Indians, the result of this massacre being the total desertion of Falmouth, 
— Casco, or Portland, having been deserted nearly thirteen years before. 

In 1717, a man named IngersoU built a hut on Casco Neck, and was honored by the derisive title of 
"Governor," as on account of his being the only inhabitant, he was "monarch of all he surveyed." But 
this did not continue very long, for in 1718 there were twenty families settled on the Neck, about the foot 
of India Street. 




Portland Hkad Light — Portland, Maine. 



Falmouth suffered but little from actual invasion from the North after 1725, although the Indians com- 
mitted various depredations in the adjoining country, and the townspeople were many times seriously 
alarmed. With the progress of years, the town ceased to be a frontier post, natural resources were devel- 
oped, and an e-xtensive export trade in fur, fish and lumber was built up, — the commerce reaching such 
proportions that in the year 1727, thirty vessels lay at anchor in the harbor at one time. In 1753, the 
population of Falmouth was 2,712, including /wfnty-one slaves ; the population of Casco Neck amounted to 
720, and in twenty-one years it increased nearly 300 per cent., being 2,000 in 1774 ; but even then the Neck 
was occupied only as far westward as Centre Street, the upper portion of it still being covered by woods. 
The half century from 1725 to 1775 was a very peculiar period in many respects in Falmouth's history, 
for although the danger of Indian attacks had passed away, the prosperity of the town was considerably 
interfered with by frequent wars with the French ; but still the townspeople heartily favored those wars. 

These wars, and the attention given to commerce, combined to seriously hamper the development of 
the agricultural resources of the town, and food supplies were obtained from what were in those days very 
remote places ; the arrival of a cargo of corn being often signalized by a general merry-making, in token 
of the escape of the people from famine. 

Hut notwithstanding these occasional "hard times," the town was steadily and rapidly gaining in 
wealth and population, especially after trade with the West Indies had been fairly established ; for the 



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profits of a single voyage to and from that section were often tremendous, and some of the residents 
of Falmouth began to amass what was great wealth at that time, the result being the creation of an 
'• aristocracy," the members of which looked down upon the vulgar herd who had to work for a living, and 
were therefore unfit company for gentlemen of leisure. The " Falmouth four hundred," as they may be 
called, arrayed themselves most gorgeously in purple and fine linen, not to mention elaborately embroidered 
waistcoats made of silk, '"small clothes" of buckskin, and ruffles and furbelows galore. Under these 
circumstances, the outbreak of the Revolution was not altogether a misfortune, for it brought many thought- 
less but well-meaning persons 
to their senses, separated the 
lovers of country from the lovers 
of self, and made manhood and 
not wealth the test of merit. 
The men of Falmouth responded 
nobly to the test ; encouraged 
Massachusetts and the other 
colonies to resist oppression ; 
vigorously denounced " taxation 
without representation "; seized 
and burnt the obnoxious stamps 
called for by the " Stamp Act "; 
and in public meeting resolved 
"that we will not buy nor sell 
any India tea whatever." 

The action of the English 
government in closing the port 
of Boston was condemned by 
the tolling of the bell of Fal- 
mouth meeting-house from rise 
to set of sun, — and, in short, 
the townspeople left no room 
for misconception as to their 
attitude on the question of 
resisting British tyranny. On 
receipt of news of the battle of 
Lexington, the town sent a com 
pany to Cambridge, and was 
prepared to do its full duty in 
the impending war ; but it was 
destined to repeat the experi- 
ence of 1690, and at the very 
opening of hostilities to be 
utterly destroyed. 

The immediate cause of its 
destruction was the hatred entertained for the town by Captain Henry Mowatt, who was captured by a 
party of militia from Brunswick, and detained in Falmouth in the Spring of 1775. Furious at what he 
considered an unpardonable indignity, Mowatt seized the first opportunity to gain revenge without danger 
to himself, and in October, 1775, entered the harbor with a fleet of five war vessels. He demanded that 
the citizens should yield up their arms, and, upon their refusal to do so, opened fire upon the town, 
and fired the place. The work was so thoroughly done, that all the principal part of the town, including 
414 buildings, was destroyed, at a loss of ;f55,ooo. A more barbarous, cowardly and shameful act does 
not disgrace the annals of the Revolution. 




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PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 




Cleve's Monument. 



From the bombardment and burning of Casco, in October, 1775, to the signing of the treaty of peace 
which terminated the Revolutionary War, in 1783, is practically a perfect blank in the history of Portland, 
for no organized or determined efforts were made to repair the damage caused by Mowatt's cowardly attack 
until peace was firmly established, in 1783. 

When once the work of building up Casco was inaugurated, it was vigorously pushed, and during the 
year following the signing of the treaty of peace there were erected forty-one dwelling houses, ten stores, 
and seven shops. About one hundred dwelling houses had escaped destruction at the time of the bom- 
bardment, so that there were some 140 
dwelling houses on the Neck at the close 
of 1784, and in 1785 the building of the 
first brick house was begun, and the first 
newspaper was started, — the " Falmouth 
Gazette and Weekly Advertiser." 

The following year an especially im- 
portant event occurred, for it was in 1786 
that " Casco " on the " Neck " severed 
its connection with Falmouth, and was 
incorporated as "a separate and distinct 
town by the name of Portland," so that 
the history of Portland, strictly speaking, 
began at that time, or just about one hun- 
dred and five years ago. The new town 
had a population of about 2,000, and this 
increased by leaps and bounds, for dur- 
ing the ne.\t fourteen years it nearly 
doubled, being 3.704 in 1800, and during 
the next decade a gain of about 4,000 was made, the population in 1810 being 7,169. In fact, from 1795 
to 1805, Portland led all other New England towns in percentage of growth and in general prosperity, and 
the commerce of the port was particularly prosperous. Wharves were first built in 1793, and the tonnage 
of the port increased from 5,000 in 1789 to 30.000 in 1807, many ships being built and many ship owners 
removing here from other places. The "boom" in the American shipping business was largely due to the 
performances of Napoleon Bonaparte, for these had the effect of involving all Europe in war, and American 
ships were about the only ones that were declared neutral, and so could transport goods without fear of 
seizure and confiscation ; the natural result being that American ship-owners monopolized the carrying 
trade, getting big freight rates, running no risks e.\cepting those inseparable from navigation, and hence 
soon accumulating very considerable fortunes. One gratifying consequence of this accumulation of wealth, 
was the erection of spacious and beautiful residences, the opening of the nineteenth century being signal- 
ized by the building of a number of these. Portland soon contained several mansions which were far 
superior to any other houses in the State, and which in workmanship (and as many persons believe in 
design also) surpassed any of the private residences of modern times. The fantastic architecture now in 
vogue makes possible many striking effects, and is supposed to give opportunity for the expression of 
individual tastes, but there are many who would welcome a return to the broadly simple styles of eighty or 
ninety years ago, and who see in the unpretentious richness and quiet beauty of the old mansion houses, a 
good taste and repose which are to the "Queen Anne " jumbles of the present day what a violin solo 
rendered by a master is to the crashing harmonies of a street band. 

Had Portland's prosperity continued, it would eventually have become the most beautiful town archi- 
tecturally, as It was the most beautiful town naturally, in the country, but its development was destined 
to receive a most abrupt and disastrous check by the political troubles which led up to the non-intercourse 
policy of 1806, and the embargo of 1807. Commerce was paralyzed; the tonnage of the port decreased 
even more rapidly than it had grown ; ship-builders failed, and hundreds were thrown out of employment; 
eleven commercial houses suspended ; and the whole stately and apparently solid fabric raised by years of 



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enterprising and intelligent labor, collapsed like a card house, bringing ruin to hundreds and hardships to 
thousands. Dingy vessels were allowed to sink at their moorings, or were beached so that they would be 
available for fuel at all events, and a lethargy like that preceding death involved what was once the busiest 
town of its size in New England, but which now, in common with all other seaports, could not be said to 
live, but merely to exist. The war of 1812 roused the people, and Portland took an honorable part in the 
struggle, furnishing many men and considerable money and supplies. One of the most notable naval 
engagements of a war that was fought almost entirely on the ocean, took place off Portland Harbor, this 
being the fight between the U. S. Brig "Enterprise" and H. M. Brig "Boxer," September 5, 1813. The 
following extract from the official report of the engagement will be of interest • — 




Monument Square and Congress Street. 



"At three, P. M., we (the officers and crew of the 'Enterprise') tacked and bore up for the enemy 
taking him to be one of H. M.'s brigs of the largest size. At a quarter past three, the enemy, being within 
half pistol shot, gave three cheers, and commenced the action by firing her starboard broadside. We then 
returned them three cheers, with our larboard broadside, when the action became general. At twenty 
minutes past three, P. M., our brave commander fell, and while lying on deck, refusing to be carried below, 
raised his head and requested that tlu- jlai:: might never be struck. At half past three, we ranged ahead of 
the enemy, fired our sternchaser, rounded-to on the starboard tack, and raked him with our starboard 
broadside. At thirty-five minutes past three, the enemy's main topmast and topsail yard came down. We 
then set the foresail, and took a position on his starboard bow, and continued to rake him until forty five 
minutes past three, when he ceased firing and cried for quarter, saying that as their colors were nailed, 
they could not haul them down." 

It will be seen from the above, that the actual fighting lasted only half an hour ; but during that short 
time both commanders were killed, or rather mortally wounded, and both vessels were pretty well cut to 
pieces, especially the " Boxer," her hull and rigging suffering badly. As many of the slain among her crew 
were thrown overboard before the ship was surrendered, it was uncertain what the English loss was ; but 



i8 PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF JNTEPEST. 

seventeen of the " Boxer's" crew were wounded, as were twelve of the officers and crew of the " Enterprise." 
The citizens of Portland gave their champion a most enthusiastic reception when she arrived with the 
prize, and the funeral ceremonies of both commanders (who were buried in the Eastern Cemetery) were 
attended by thousands. 

The consummation of a treaty of peace, signed in 1815, inaugurated an era of slow but sure recovery 
from commercial depression, which was to continue for about thirty years, or until the introduction of 
railroads, and the consequent overturning of all old conditions of mercantile supremacy. The population 
of the town increased slowl)', the gain from 1810 to 1820 being 1,412. But although progress was slow, it 
was sure, and as values became definitely readjusted to the new condition of things succeeding the "boom" 
which was ended by the war, confidence became completely restored, and men felt that once more they had 
firm ground beneath their feet, and that now they could build on sure foundations. 

The District of Maine was separated from Massachusetts in March, 1820, and Portland was made the 
capital, but did not long retain that honor, for it was considered expedient to remove the capital to a point 
more centrally located so far as the State was concerned, and in 1832 Augusta was made capital. But an 
event more important to those who could realize its significance than any mere political happening, 
occurred in 1823, this being the arrival of the "Patent," the first steamboat ever brought to the State. 
She was run as a passenger boat between Portland and Boston. Ten years later witnessed the advent of 
the "Chancellor Livingston," and later its rival "Commodore McDonough." The "Portland Steam 
Packet Company" was organized in 1844, and has for nearly half a century provided a service remarkable 
for reliability, efficiency and safety. 



PORTLAND AS A CITY. 

The two-hundredth year of Portland's settlement was marked by the granting of a city charter to the 
town, the city of Portland dating from 1632, at which time the population was about thirteen thousand. 
Portland had now enjoyed a long period of comparative prosperity, but had made no striking gains in 
population or wealth, and seemed destined to jog along in a comfortable sort of way for years to come. 
But the giant power of steam was destined to rudely change the existing order of things, and for some time 
the change was all for the worse ; for beginning about 1840, the city's business languished, sales in almost 
every line of trade fell off, and it became evident that something must be done to counteract the influences 
so harmfully affecting the city. The cause of the trouble was plain, for all could see that it was due to the 
diversion of trade from Portland to Boston and other trade centres, which possessed railway facilities that 
more than neutralized Portland's advantages of location, and enabled the merchants profiting by them to 
secure the trade of other sections which had formerly obtained supplies from Portland. The effects of the 
changed condition of afTairs became more noticeable year by year, enterprise languished for want of encour- 
agement, progress was succeeded by stagnaticm, the population of the city almost entirely ceased to 
increase, and those who recognized the gravity of the situation — but could see no practicable method of 
altering it — prophesied most doleful things, pointing out other cities and towns that had failed to fulfil the 
premise of their youth, and quoting "wise saws and modern instances" to prove that a town which no 
longer grew could not maintain its position, but must inevitably degenerate in influence and wealth until it 
had reached the dead level of mediocrity. 

But, fortunately, there were men who, although appreciating to the full the momentous nature of the 
crisis in the city's affairs, did not for an instant despair of the future ; but strong in their confidence in 
Portland, in the exceptional natural advantages of her location, and the ability, enterprise and integrity of 
her merchants, saw their opportunity, and perceived that here was "a tide in the affairs of men, which 
taken at its Hood leads on to fortune." 

To John A. Poor belongs the honor of conceiving, pushing, and bringing to a successful conclusion, 
the project of a railroad to Canada, thus cutting the Gordian knot of the evils which had stopped the 
development of the city. A less broad minded man would never have originated so elaborate a scheme ; 
a less sanguine man would have despaired of gaining the support essential to its consummation ; a less 



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energetic and persevering man would have been discouraged by the many great and the innumerable petty 
obstacles met with in carrying it out. And, therefore, while giving high credit to those who aided in the 
work, all who believe in giving honor to whom honor is due, will unite in pronouncing Mr. Poor to be the 
father of the magnificent railway facilities now enjoyed by this city, and, consequently, the founder of the 
modern Portland. 




View of Wharves and Harbor from Commercial Street. 



When the practicability of the proposed route to Montreal had been demonstrated, and the enterprise 
fairly inaugurated, the business men of Portland — alert and progressive as ever, now that a means of 
escaping from the net of circumstances was opened to them — heartily supported the undertaking, and bent 
all their energies to the task of making it a success. City bonds to the amount of $2,000,000 were 
utilized to aid in securing the vast amount of money necessary, and the work of construction went rapidly 
on, the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad being completed to the point of junction with the Canada road 
from Montreal (a distance of 149 miles from Portland) in 1853. Our merchants were now prepared to 
wage the battle for commercial supremacy on equal terms ; they were in connection with the centres of 
population in Canada and the Provinces, and with the north-western section of our own country, — a section 
even at that time noted for its production of grain, and destined to become the granary of the world. A 
line of steamships to Liverpool was established ; also lines to the Provinces and to points in this State. 
Not only commerce and domestic trade, but manufacturing, also, was vigorously pushed ; the refining of 
sugar was begun on a very extensive scale ; the manufacture of locomotives and machinery was inaugurated 
by one of the best equipped companies in the country ; lines of railway affording communication with all 
parts of Maine and northern New England were constructed ; the population and wealth of the city rapidly 
increased. By a bold, aggressive movement, Portland had plucked " the flower Safety from the nettle 
Danger," and the era of railroads had been fairly inaugurated. 



20 PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 

The prosperity of the city was checi<ed, in common with that of all other trade centres throughout the 
country, by the panic of 1857-58 ; but local houses were so prudently managed, or so fortunately circum- 
stanced, that no serious failures occurred, and with a revival of confidence, there was a prompt and decided 
revival in business. But the time was at hand when even graver questions than those of material prosperity 
were to be answered finally, for by firing upon Fort Sumter in 1861, the people of the South threw down 
the gauntlet, signifying that they chose trial by combat to determine whether this was a Nation or a collec- 
tion of sovereign States bound by no ties save those of expediency, to be loosed at the wish of any mem- 
ber of the Union. 

Portland's history during the Rebellion cannot be considered here, for it is too honorable to be dis- 
missed with a few words, and our available space is too limited to allow of our presenting it in detail. 
Suffice it to say, the action of the city was prompt as well as decisive, the larger part of the First Maine 
Kegiment being raised here. Nearly one-sixth of the entire population during the war represents the 
proportion of men furnished by Portland, she putting 5,000 men into the field, 421 of whom lost their lives. 

Although the pecuniary loss to the city on account of the Rebellion was not very serious, compara- 
tively speaking, she was soon to suffer overwhelming disaster by reason of the carelessly expressed 
patriotism of one of her residents; for the confiagration that destroyed fifteen hundred buildings and 
ten millions of property, and rendered ten thousand people homeless, was started July 4, 1866, by a fire- 
cracker on Commercial Street, near the foot of High Street. This was the starting point of the fire, which 
soon manifested those peculiarities which sharply distinguish the progress of an all-conquering conflagra- 
tion from that of even an exceptionally destructive fire — peculiarities which have been observed in the 
case of every conflagration of modern times, and have led some of those who have carefully investigated 
the subject, to assert that these great conflagrations are due not alone to the proximity of many inflam- 
mable buildings, to high winds, to scarcity of water, to lack of promptness in attacking the original blaze, 
or to any of the many other causes which are usually brought forward in explanation, but rather to a 
mysterious and fortunately very rare condition of the atmosphere, so favorable to combustion that a fire 
once fairly started is practically unextinguishable. The greatest conflagrations — notably the Chicago fire 
of 1871 and the Boston fire of 1872 — burned "against the wind," and at both these fires, as well as at 
the Portland fire, it was noticeable that buildings did not "catch" by degrees, but that even the most 
massive and apparently fire-proof structures would burst into flames in every part simultaneously, and be 
destroyed almost before one could realize they were burning. Although the Portland firemen were aided 
by firemen and apparatus from Saco, Biddeford, Bath, Augusta, Gardiner, Lewiston and Boston, the 
desperate work of this powerful force was practically of no avail whatever, for we are told they " were 
unable to do anything more than let the fire take its own way, and take it it did, with almost fiendish and 
incredibly destructive power." The area burned over amounted to about two hundred acres, and the fire 
was finally checked " only by a lack of material in one direction, a large sand bank in another, and toward 
the east by the old graveyard." 

Although almost stunned by the shock at first, the people of Portland rallied quickly, and bent every 
energy to the task of providing shelter for the homeless, many tents being pitched on Munjoy Hill and 
elsewhere, and temporary buildings being erected. Assurances of sympathy, proffers of help, and cash 
contributions aggregating more than >6oo,ooo, poured in from all parts of this country and Canada, and 
the work of relief was so energetically and intelligently prosecuted, that the immediate necessities of the 
sufferers from the fire were soon provided for. Then with characteristic philosophy and full confidence in 
the future of their city, the people proceeded to turn the disaster to good account, by taking the opportunity 
to widen and straighten old streets, lay out new ones, and replace the binned buildings by larger, more 
substantial, and handsomer structures, — the result being ih;it the Portland of to-day is a much more imjjos- 
ing city than it would have been had no fire occurred. 

During the quarter century which has since elapsed, several highly important lines of railroad have 
made connection with the city, — notably, the Boston and Maine, in 1873; the Portland and Worcester 
affording direct connection with New York City in 1875 ; and the Portland and Ogdensburg also in 1875, 
this road opening up to the city the most beautiful part of the White Mountains, through the Notch and 
the northern section of Vermont, affording a short route to the West and North- West. The latter sections 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 21 

are inhabited largely by natives of New England and their descendants, and for this reason, and also 
because of the natural desire of those dwelling inland to view the grand scenery and breathe the bracing 
air of the sea-coast, thousands of people from the West visit New England every Summer, and a large 
proportion of them spend their vacations in Portland and vicinity. No better choice could possibly be 
made from all the Atlantic sea board cities, for Portland surpasses all the others in heallhfulness, in beauty 




The Union Depot. 



of surroundings, in coolness during the heat of Summer, in opportunities for steamboat, sailing and rowing 
excursions and shore and deep-sea fishing, and in delightful drives and walks amid grand ocean or beau- 
tiful inland scenery. Mount Washington, and all the lesser eminences of the White Mountains, may be 
reached in a few hours by rail, and, if desired, the trip may be made via Lake Winnipesaukee, the tourist 
being transported by a swift and commodious steamer from one end to the other of that beautiful sheet 
of water, a distance of more than twenty miles. Old Orchard Beach — the finest in the country — is but 
a few miles from Portland, being reached in half an hour by rail ; and those who wish to enjoy some 
of the wildest and grandest scenery the world affords, can do so by taking a steamer at Portland for 
Mount Desert Island, where Bar Harbor — the most famous of fashionable Summer resorts — is located. 
Should business or a desire to inspect New England's metropolis attract the tourist to Boston, that city 
may be reached in a few hours by rail ; but by far the more agreeable way is to take one of the large, staunch 
and comfortable steamers of the Portland Steam Packet Company, for the sail is a most delightful one, 
and although the journey by ocean occupies more time than by land, (the boats making the run of 118 
miles in eight and one-half hours,) no time is really lost, — for one leaves Portland in the early evening 
(at 7 o'clock), has a refreshing night's rest, and arrives in Boston in the morning, just in the mood for 
sight-seeing, which is not apt to be the case after a long railway journey. 



22 PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 

The hotel accommodations of Portland are excellent, there being several large first-class houses and 
a number of small ones, and these accommodations are supplemented in Summer by the generally admira- 
ble service afforded by the hotels on the islands in Portland Harbor, — these hotels being practically in the 
city, as they may be reached in a very short time by the swift steamers which runs at short intervals to all 
parts of the Harbor and Casco Bay. The tourist in Portland will meet with cultured and congenial people 
from all parts of the country, will find the residents approachable, friendly and accommodating, proud of 
their city, and ever ready to help strangers to become familiar with it by pointing out to them features 
of interest, and directing them to any section they may wish to reach ; and, in short, if the experience 
of the many strangers from the West and elsewhere, who have spent their vacations in Portland, is to be 
accepted as evidence, we are fully justified in guaranteeing to every self-respecting visitor a cordial recep- 
tion, satisfactory accommodations, square treatment, agreeable recreations, and "a good time" in general. 

Several excellent guide-books of the city and the country adjacent have already been published ; 
as the field is so well occupied, there is no need of adding another to the number, but it may be well to 
devote a little space to giving our readers a general idea of the "lay of the land " and the appearance, the 
more prominent buildings, and the natural and artificial divisions of the city. 



The Portland of to-day. 

Portland, like all other American cities, is divided up into districts having distinctive and individual 
characteristics, which are perfectly well understood and accepted as a matter of course by those " to the 
manor born," but are by no means obvious to even the most intelligent stranger. The aristocratic portion 
of the city is at the West End, and, by the way, the familiar line, "Westward the star of empire takes its 
way," might be amended so as to read "Westward the star of fashion takes its way," and still retain its 
truthfulness, for it is a remarkable fact that the western portion of almost every city is its fashionable 
quarter. There is the "West End " of London, the "West Side " of New York City, the " Back Bay " of 
Boston, — which is farther west than the old "West End" of that city, which was once the aristocratic 
portion ; and in Portland there is Bramhall Hill, at the west end of the peninsula, where the most elaborate 
dwelling houses of the city are located. The admirer of beautiful architecture, handsome and well kept 
grounds, and beautiful shade trees, will find this one of the most attractive spots imaginable; for while it 
contains many fine specimens of the architeclure of the present day, it is entirely free from that painfully 
and monotonously "new" appearance, that detracts so much from the beauty of Boston's "Back Bay," and 
from that of the richer portion of many other cities. The great fire of 1866 did not burn over this section, 
and therefore the oldest as well as the newest mansions are to be found here, and the sometimes too strik- 
ing architecture now in vogue is relieved by the plain richness of houses built when square corners were 
not avoided as if they contained the germs of a pestilence, and when every man did not strive to erect a 
structure as unlike that of his neighbor as possible. Great shade trees abound, among which that most 
beautiful of trees, the American elm, is largely represented, as do also spacious, smooth and velvety lawns, 
while in some of the grounds flowers are largely cultivated. 

Middle Street, from a mercantile point of view, is one of the important streets in the city, it being 
lined on both sides by commodious, substantial, and in many cases imposing business edifices, which would 
Jo credit to the largest and wealthiest city. Middle Street was originally a mere path through the woods, 
and as a street is nearly one hundred and seventy years old, having been accepted by the town in 1724. 
At its head is Market (or Monument) Square. The name Monument Square is newly applied, and many 
citizens, particularly the older ones, do not take kindly to it, for the old name has so many historic and 
homely associations connected with it, that the new name — appropriate as it is lo tiie changed condition 
of things in the Square — seems to them strange and unattractive. 

A considerable portion of the Square was formerly occupied by a building erected about 1S25, and 
occupied as a Town Hall and Market House, afterwards as the City Building, and finally as an armory for 
the local military companies. At one time this building contained the only available public hall in town, 
and some very exciting and decisive political and mass meetings have been held within its wills duriuL; liie 



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period when the anti-slavery campaign was being carried on, and at other critical times in the country's 
history. It was in the basement of this building that the liquors belonging to the city were stored at the 
time the mob, led by John Robbins, attempted to destroy them. Neal Dow was mayor at the time, and 
showed great firmness, coolness, and excellent judgment in his dealings with the rioters ; but it became 
necessary to call out the militia, who shot the ringleader, and repulsed the mob. Subsequently a committee 




Middle Street. 



of citizens made a thorough investigation of the whole matter, and not only exonerated the mayor from all 
blame, but highly commended his course as being the one most merciful to the misguided men who formed 
the mob, as well as most beneficial to the citizens in general. It was a time when half-way measures would 
have resulted in much greater loss of life and property, and the lasting moral effects produced by Mayor 
Dow's course in meeting brute force with still greater force, and maintaining the authority of lawfully 
constituted officers at all hazards, is indicated by the fact that during all the years which have passed since 
this occurrence, including the stormy times of the Civil War, the attempt to establish mob law has never 
been repeated. The old City Building, or " Military Hall," as it was called finally on account of its being 
used almost entirely by military organizations, has been removed, thereby enlarging and greatly improving 
the Square, and making room for a large and very imposing Soldiers' Monument. 

All the principal hotels are either in or very near to Monument Square, for this is the "hub" of Port- 
land, occupying a central position, and having for spokes streets which lead to all parts of the peninsula, 
the most important of these thoroughfares being Congress Street, which passes straight through the Square 
on the north side, and gives direct access to Munjoy Hill on the east, and to Bramhall Hill on the west. 
The sight-seer in Portland, who desires to do the regular thing, will make Monument Square his point of 
departure, and on his first excursion will stroll along Congress Street towards Munjoy Hill and the Eastern 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



Promenade — a broad street curving around the base of the hill, and .nffording many striking views ot 
Casco Bay and its islands, the adjacent villages, and other objects of interest. But by far the most advan- 
tageous point from which to view Portland, the country, the bay, and the ocean for miles around, is from 
the Observatory on Munjoy Hill,— this observatory being a wooden tower some eighty feet in height, and 

one of the most distinctive and 
cherished of Portland's institu- 
tions. 

The tower was built in 1807. 
.It a time when the entire popu- 
lation of Portland were more 
or less interested in ships and 
shipping, and men, women and 
children were "salt" in their 
thoughts, habits and modes of 
lite, — casting a knowing glance 
to windward by instinct when- 
ever they left their houses in the 
morning, and being interested 
fust and foremost in the direc- 
tion, strength, and probable 
continuance of the wind, and 
the chances of "dirty weather." 
The observatory was erected for 
the purpose of detecting ap- 
proaching vessels and talking 
to them by sign language, and 
informing those interested of 
the identity of the coming ship. 
.\ powerful telescope is hung in 
the upper room, or what a light- 
house keeper would call the 
"lantern" of the tower, and 
visitors who wish an even more 
extended view than the naked 
eye affords from this height, can 
use the glass for a nominal sum. 
,uid enjoy the peculiar sensation 
(if they are not hardened by 
custom) of seeing ships so far 
out to see that the most power- 
ful vision could not detect a 
trace of them unaided ; and 
even through the glass they look like fragments of cloud, and so dream-like and poetical, that the most 
sternly practical man may be pardoned for forgetting for an instant that they are all American or foreign 
"bottoms" of a certain amount "registered " (and about twice as much actual) tons burden. Inland, the 
view is more varied, if not more beautiful, it comprising the picturesque country about Portland, and 
stretching far away to the White Mountains. Our advice to the tourist in Portland would be, "Go to the 
Observatory first of all ; get a general idea of the area the city occupies, the islands it embraces, and the 
relation its several sections bear to one another ; then gain a ' working knowledge ' of the direction, 
distance to, and importance of the adjacent towns, and you will be prepared to make intelligent use 
of your time and opportunities, and will thus get a better idea of Portland and \ icinity in a week than vou 




Exchange Stkekt. 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 2^ 

otherwise could in a fortniglit or even a month." There is a great deal to be seen here, even by those 
who have not that most pleasing vexation, a " hobby," while those who possess a genuine enthusiasm for 
some one pursuit, as for instance that of history, may linger in Portland for months, and still not exhaust 
the field ; for not only is this historic ground, in which is doubtless hidden much material which if brought 
to light would make many a doubtful point clear, but it also is the headquarters of the Maine Historical 




State Street. 



Society, organized about seventy years ago, and possessing an extensive library, besides an important 
collection of historical relics. The Portland Society of Natural History is another excellently equipped 
organization of especial interest to those engaged in one of the most fascinating and noble of studies, and 
there are other societies and institutions, covering almost the whole field of thought, and without excep- 
tion efficient and well-conducted. 



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FORTLAXD AND JTS J'O/NTS OF INTEREST. 



Public Buildings and Institutions. 

The City Government ISuilding, or Cit}' Hall, as it is generally called, is the most costly of Portland's 
public buildings, and is one of the largest, most massive and most imposing, while as regards the complete- 
ness and convenience of its interior arrangements, it will not suffer by comparison with any city building 
in New England. It is of an especially massive design, but is relieved from undue heaviness of appear- 
ance by the character of the material used in its construction, this being the light colored Albert-stone 
from Nova Scotia. The entire front is composed of this stone, the side and rear walls being of pressed 
brick, with .Albert-stone trimmings. The apartment used as the City Hal! is most admirably adapted for 
that purpose, and would not only satisfy the demands of, but be a credit to a city having a population 




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double that of Portland, as it will seat between 2,500 and 3,000 people. The hall is well-lighted, well- 
heated and well-ventilated, and is used for large public meetings, concerts, and other occasions. 

The Portland Society of Natural History formerly occupied rooms in the City Building, but may now 
be found in their own handsome building. It is located on Elm Street, and being designed and built 
expressly for the uses to which it is applied, is a model of convenience and completeness. It contains an 
.idmirable collection of animals, birds, and an almost endless variety of articles illustrative of the natural 
history of the world. As the rooms are opun to the jKiblic, no visitor to Portland should neglect to call at 
them. 

Next in importance to the City Building is tliu Post Office Puilding, on the corner of Middle and 
Exchange Streets. It cost half a million dollars, and unlike most buildings which represent so lavish an 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



27 



expenditure, it looks as if it might have cost double that amount, — it being constructed of white marble, 
.-ind with its grand, yet simple architecture, having a most striking effect upon the observer who sees it for 
the first time. It is three stories in height, and accommodates not only the Post Office, but also the 
United States Court Rooms and offices. Despite the classic appearance of this building, (its front being 
modelled after the Parthenon of Athens,) a great deal of nineteenth-century, genuine " hustling " hard work 
is done within its walls, for the Portland Post Office is as busy as any other in the United States, in propor- 
tion to the force employed. This building is the third that has occupied this site, its predecessors, both 
of which were costly structures, having been destroyed by fire, — the last one by the great fire of 1866. 

There has been a Post Office in Portland for about 115 years, the first one having been established in 
1775, by Benjamin Franklin, Postmaster-General for the United Colonies. The pioneer postmaster of 
Portland (or Falmouth as the town was then called) was Deacon Samuel Freeman, who was appointed 




The Post Office. 

With vitie of Exchange Street looking towards City Hall. 



October 5, 1775. The duties of his position could not have been very onerous, for there was but one mail 
a week, and only eighty-four letters were received during the entire year following the establishment of the 
office. 

Portland's Post-Office Business for 1890. 

Last year more than eighteen million pieces of mail matter were handled at the Portland office, and 
the net revenue amounted to nearly $70,000. Statistics are apt to prove dry reading, but those relating to 
the Portland Post Office can hardly fail to be of interest to the residents of that city, and to all who appre- 
ciate how direct a bearing the results attained in the mail service have upon commercial and industrial 
prosperity,— the amount and character of the business done by the post offices throughout the country 
forming a sensitive and accurate barometer of the condition of trade, and this same rule holding good, as 
a general thing, in the case of local offices. Hence the following figures will repay careful study : 



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PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



RECEIPTS AT STAMP COUNTER. 



January, - 

February, 

March, 

April, 

May, 

June, 

July, 

August, 

September, 

October, 

November, 

December, - 

Box Rents Collected, 
Miscellaneous, 



Total Receipts Local Jiusiness. 
Postmasters' Deposits. 

Total Postal Receipts. 



691.02 
,566.27 
334.90 
187.07 
250.8. 
,784.85 
.003.09 
'525.07 
557.03 
55874 
.849,58 
,364.38 

.058.25 



?i 14,672.81 



2 070.45 

?i 16.743.26 
51,067,56 

$167,810.82 



It should be explained that the item "postmasters' deposits" refers to moneys received as a conse- 
quence of a rule of the service, which obliges every postmaster to deposit at certain designated times all 
money accruing at his office in some government depository. The Portland Office is the designated 
depository for all the country offices of the Counties of Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Knox, 
Lincoln, Oxford, Sagadahoc, Washington and York, — some five hundred in all. The receipts from them 
last year varied in amount from one cent to $1 160. 

The comparative demand for liie various denominations of stamps in i'ortland, is shown in the follow- 
ing table : — 

SAI^ES AT STAMP COU.VTER. 



One cent 


post 


age stamps, , . . . 


S9S'i" 


% 5.95'.ii 


Two " 






2.734.787 


54.695.74 


Three '• 


'■ 




32.5'S 


975-45 


Four " 


" 




• 34.436 


•'377-44 


Five 


" 




54,697 


2.734.85 


Six 


" 




11.365 


681.90 


Ten " 


" 




32,965 


3.296.5° 


Ten " 


" 


•• (Special) 


4.990 


499.00 


Fifteen" 


" 




706 


105.90 


'J'hirty " 


" 




120 


36,00 


Ninety " 


'• 




24 


2 i.6o 


Postage 


Due Stamps, . . , , 




, 424,01 


Newspap 


tx St: 


imps Cancelled, 




3.166.94 


Postal C 


irds. 




983.806 


9.S38.06 


Stamped 


Enve 


lopes, .... 


1.529,392 
6,014.914 


31.466.59 
?n5,272,09 


Deduct Soiled 


Envelopes Redeemed, . 




595.26 


Tota 


1, 






f114.675.S3 



A very extensive banking business is done by the Portland Post Office, which last year issued 8,110 
Domestic Money Orders, 6,326 Postal Notes, and 1,527 International Money Orders, and handled business 
from the whole State — forwarded through the Bangor and Augusta Offices as postmasters' deposits — 
amounting to nearly half a million dollars. Money was paid on orders received from all over the woild, 
including 23,002 Domestic Orders, 14,519 Postal Notes, and 1.559 Foreign Orders, the business of the 
Department being summarized as follows : — 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 29 

RECEIPTS. 

Balance brought forward, ..... S 2,709.80 

Domestic Orders issued, ...... 109,247 05 

Fees on Domestic Orders, . . . . . . 819.15 

Postal Notes issued, ...... 11,948.15 

Fees on Postal Notes 189.78 

Fees on Postal Notes (duplicates) .33 

International Money Orders, ..... 25,086.88 

Fees on International Orders, ..... 313.90 

Postmasters' Deposits, ...... 495,617.50 

Total, $645,932.54 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

Balance carried forward, ......§ 3,065.89 

Domestic Orders paid, ...... 278,991.09 

Domestic Oiders repaid, ...... 617.83 

Postal Notes paid, ....... 26,422.23 

International Orders paid, ..... 14,707.50 

Remitted Postmaster at Boston, .... 322,128.00 

Total, $646,932.54 

A great deal of money, as well as watches, jewelry and other valuables, is also sent by registered mail, 
and what the Portland Office done last year in the Registry Department is shown below : — 

Letters on which fees were collected, .... 11,008 

Parcels on which fees were collected, . . ". . 1,464 



Parcels and letters, (official) 
Letters received for delivery. 
Parcels received for delivery. 
Parcels and letters for distribution. 
Packages received, . 
Packages made up and despatched. 
Packages received in transit. 
Pouches and inner-sacks received, 



697 

47.649 
1,205 

7,05s 
46,740 

11,345 
81,694 

2,288 



Pouches and inner-sacks despatched, .... 2,183 

Total handled, 213,328 

As the Portland Post Office is a very important distributing office, a large amount of mail for surround- 
ing towns is brought here to be sorted for carriage to its destination, and mail from the same towns is 
conveyed here to be made up. Last year the mailing department despatched 5,742,445 letters and postal 
cards, and 2,847,314 papers and packages. It received 7,050,569 letters and postal cards, and 3,013,483 
papers and packages; making a total of 18,253,811 pieces handled, or 50,010 pieces for every day in the 
year, Sundays and holidays included. There were twenty-three letter carriers employed last year, and that 
they were busily employed, too, the following figures show : — 

DELIVERED. 

Registered Letters, . . . 23,033 

Letters, 3,130,909 

Postal Cards, .... 585,139 

Second, Third and Fourth Class, 1,450,302 



COLLECTED. 

Local Letters, .... 206,209 

Mail Letters, .... 2,008,758 

Local Postal Cards, . . . 126,687 

Mail Postal Cards 341,899 

Second, Third and Fourth Class, 215,265 



5,189,383 



2,898,818 



Total handled 8,088.201 

Number of Pieces per Carrier, . . . 351,661 



30 PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTBXRST. 

Special Delivery or •' rush " Stamps are steadily gaining in popularity, 7,010 special delivery letters 
being delivered in Portland last year, as compared with 4,053 in 1886. when the service was inau'^urated. 
The messengers are on dut}'froni 7 a. m. to i i p. xi., and last year the average time required for the delivery 
of a letter between those hours was just 27^ minutes. 

All the work of the Portland Office was done last year by sixty-one persons ; and the expense of main- 
taining this force, not including that of heating, lighting and repairs in the building, was as follows : 

DIsnUKSEMENTS. 

Office Pay Roll S26,7o4.68 

Carriers' Pay Roll, .... 19.591.46 
Special Delivery Mesiengers. . . 555-76 

Miscellaneou.s, ..... 188.25 

S 47,040.15 

Total Local Expenses, . $47,040.15 

Railway Mail Clerks Paid, . 24,603.16 

Sent Sub-Treasury, Boston, . , 96,170.53 

120,773.69 

Total Postal Disbursements, .... $167,813.84 

This gives us as the result of the business so far as relates to Portland : — 

Total Local Receipts, ...... Si 16.746.28 

Total Local Disbursements. .... 47,040.15 



Xet Revenue, ....... $69,706.13 

Those railway mail clerks whose route terminates here are paid by the Portland Office. 
Since January ist, the Postmaster has secured the appointment of an extra carrier, whose special duty 
is the delivery of registered matter. 



THK CUSTOM HOUSE. 

The Custom House is a more business-like looking edifice than the Post Office Building, but is, never- 
theless, a very handsome and imposing structure, erected some nineteen years ago. It is constructed of 
granite, and has a very massive and substantial appearance, partly due to the fact that the building is low 
in comparison with the ground space it occupies, — it extending from Commercial to Fore Street, and being 
the exact opposite of the boy's elephant (which '' had a tail at each end ") ; for this building has a head at 
each end, the Commercial Street front and the Fore Street front being identical in appearance above the 
basement. The interior is extremely well arranged and very handsomely finished, and, taken as a whole, 
the Portland Custom House is one of the finest, as it is one of the most important, in the country. 

Uncle Sam has been generous in providing accommodations for his Post Office and Custom House 
business in Portland, — his marble and his granite buildings representing the expenditure of almost a 
million. And yet, after all, "generous" is hardly the word to use in this connection, for it implies the 
giving of something without compensation, and that is far from being the case with either the Portland 
Post Office or the Custom House, for each of them yields a large net income. But very few ports in the 
United States surpass Portland in the amount of duties collected ; this is due to the direct railway connec- 
tions with Canada and the West, which give Portland an immense business, particularly during the Winter 
when more northern ports are closed. At that season so great is the demand upon the facilities for over- 
land transportation, that it is not uncommon for the freight trains upon the Grand Trunk Railway to form 
a line covering miles, and this condition of affairs will continue for days at a time. Portland is half a day's 
sail nearer Liverpool than any other United States port, and this fact, taken in connection with another 
iin|)orlant fact that she is on the shortest and most direct route to Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, and other 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



31 



western points, makes clear her high relative rank as a place of import and export, and affords substantial 
ground on which to found very hopeful expectations of her commercial futurt. 

From commerce to charity may seem a somewhat abrupt transition, but as our present purpose is to 
call attention to Portland's more prominent public buildings, it is fitting that mention should next be made 
of that occupied by the Maine General Hospital. It is located on the site of the old State Arsenal, the 




The Custom House. 



position being a most healthful one, and in every respect admirably adapted for hospital uses — there being 
pure air in abundance, freedom from noise, perfect drainage, and, in short, all the requisites for an ideal 
sanitarium. The hospital commands a magnificent view, extending for miles, and that this is a practical 
advantage, and an important one, too, will be readily understood by those familiar with the depressing 
surroundings common to most City and State hospitals. The Institution was incorporated in 1868, and the 
cost of its buildings and equipment was defrayed partly by State funds, and partly by private subscription. 
The founding of this Institution was brought about in a great measure by the efforts of the physicians 
and surgeons of the City and State, and they have from the first worked earnestly, incessantly and intelli- 
gently to make it what it is, — one of the model hospitals of the country. Patients are given the advantage 
of the highest medical and surgical skill ; and the surroundings are so pleasant, the attendants so gentle 



32 PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 

and skilful, the conveniences so many, and the results attained so gratifying, that too much credit cannot 
be given to the management. And the more familiar one becomes with the workings of the Institution, 
the more thoroughly will he be convinced that it deserves so large a financial endowment, as to enable it to 
offer freely to the many what it is now enabled to offer freely to the few, by the generosity of those who 
have established the free beds it contains. 

Another institution, by no means local in character, is the State Reform School, which occupies a large 
building whose aspect is neither romantic nor the reverse; for while it resembles an ancient castle, it also 
resembles a particularly strong jail. But, happily, the latter resemblance is misleading ; for, with a truer 
appreciation of the work to be done and the methods by which to do it, the jail-like features have been 
superseded by more gentle characteristics, and the influence of moral suasion, and of a healthful spirit of 
generous emulation, now accomplishes what bolts and bars can never do, — makes worthy and independent 
citizens out of the unfortunate boys who come to this School warped and distorted morally, simply because 
they have received improper training, or no training at all. 

The list of purely local charitable institutions is a long and honorable one, and comprises the Home 
for Aged Women, the Female Orphan Asylum, the Catholic Orphan Asylum, the Seamen's Friend Society, 
and many others, which the limitations of space forbid our even mentioning. They furnish abundant proof 
that that noble principle, more eloquently and generally advocated and carried out now than ever before in 
the history of the world — the brotherhood of man — is practised even more than it is preached by Port- 
land people, and forms one of the most noteworthy and gratifying characteristics of Maine's leading and 
representative city. 

THE PORTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY. 

The Public Library is a most worthy, valuable, and popular institution, founded about a quarter of a 
century ago, the association carrying it on having been organized in 1867. Its aims are as comprehensive 
as they are worthy, embracing the maintenance of a Public Library and of an institute of Natural History, 
Science and Art. The Library now contains between 35,000 and 40,000 volumes, well selected, well 
cared for, and, we may add, largely used and carefully treated by the reading public. A spacious reading- 
room, free to all, is maintained, and as the institution is admirably managed in every department, it is 
largely availed of by the public, and deserves the hearty support of every citizen. This Library is now in 
a building of its own, erected and given by James P. Baxter to the city. The name of the Library is 
Portlanii Public Library. While in City Hall, it was a subscription library, and called Portland Institute 
and Public Library, as it was the intention, when organized, to make it also a deposit for articles of historic 
interest ; but as other institutions for these were already in existence in the city, the Institute in the name, 
as well as in all matters not relating to a Public Library, was discontinued, and the Library re-organized 
when put into this building as a Free Circulating Public Library. 

From "The Portland Daily Press" February 22, 1889. 

"The Baxter Building is now open to the public. The noble structure is located on Congress Street, 
opposite the Plymouth or First Free Baptist Church. Its length is seventy-two feet, and its height, exclu- 
sive of the statue on the apex, is sixty-two feet. The facade is built of brown freestone from the celebrated 
Kibbi quarry of Connecticut, and Ohio sandstone. It is of the Romanesque style of architecture, and its 
ornamentation is elaborate and attractive. The three statues shown in the sketch are each eight feet in 
height and represent History, Literature and Art. They suggest the purpose for which the building is 
erected, and the object to which it is devoted. Beneath its roof the Public Library, Historical Society, 
and, eventually, by means of an addition in the rear to be constructed at a future date, the Society of Art 
will find a home. 

"Mr. James P. Baxter had in view the erection of this building for several years, and on March 10, 
1887, he communicated this intention to the oflicers of those societies. The plans were first drawn by 
Mr. F. H. Fassett, the eminent architect, and the building constructed from the plans so generously con- 
tributed by Messrs. Fassett & Tompson. The cornerstone was laid with impressive ceremonies on 
September 9, 1887, and the building completed and handed over to the trustees a few months ago. 

"The entire building covers six thousand three hundred and thirty-six square feet. The main building 
has a frontage on Congress Street of seventy feet and a depth of sixty-two feet. The slackroom, in the 



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33 



rear, or annex, in which the books will be stored, is forty-eight by thirty two feet, and twenty-five feet from 
the main floor to the roof. The entrance to the main building is in the front centre, and opens into a 
corridor fourteen feet wide, extending back forty-six feet to the delivery desk of the library proper. On the 
right of the corridor, a door opens into the reading-room, which is fifty-nine by twenty-seven feet, with a 
height of fourteen feet, and opens in the rear into the stack-room. On the right of the stack-room is a cozy 
little office for the librarian, and on the left the Willis room, which is the same size as the librarian's apart- 
ment. On the opposite side of the corridor, or left, is the room of the Historical Society, of corresponding 




The Portland Public Library. 



size to that of the Library. A short flight of stairs, from the main entrance, leads to the basement, where 
rooms will be found fitted for storage, of the same size as the reading-rooms of the Historical Society and 
Public Library above. In the room devoted to the Historical Society is a fire-proof vault, twelve by thir- 
teen feet in size. At the rear of this room is the engine. Opening from the Public Library's storage room 
is a fire-proof room of the same size as the engine room. The basement room of the Library will also be 
used as a boys' reading-room. There are other large storage rooms on the second floor of the main 
building. 

" From the main floor, a broad flight of stairs leads up to the hall in the second story, which will be 
known as Baxter Hall. It has an open timbered roof in Gothic style, made of Georgia pine. The beams 
are plain, champered and varnished. The height of the hall is twenty-two feet at the sides, and thirty- 
three to the apex of the roof. The hall will seat five hundred and sixty-one people on the main floor and 
in the rear gallery, and is provided with folding chairs. The corridors of the building are paved In black 



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PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



and white tiles, and the building is finished in hard woods. The stairs are cast iron, and the doors of hard 
wood. All the rooms are hard plastered and tinted, and the ash trimmings are very light and cheerful. 
The building is lighted by the incandescent electric light, and piped for gas. 

'"The reading-room and stack-room are particularly attractive quarters. The stack-room is a room of 
ample proportions, and in it are sets of shelves containing something over thirty thousand books. The 
shelves are solid and substantial, and of finished white-wood. Large windows let in an abundance of light 
in the daytime, while incandescent lights will make everything brilliant at night. On the ends of the 
shelve tops, facing the centre of the room, are numerous busts, which are the property of the library. 
Grouped as they are, they look very picturesque, and add greatly to the beauty of the room. The books 



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are arranged upon the shelves according to the system used in the Boston Circulating Library, and very 
largely throughout the country, which has been found by trial to be the best. The books are arranged for 
convenience, those most often consulted being nearest the desk, and those less used farther away. In the 
centre of the room are desks for the use of the clerks. 

"The reading-room has been made very attractive by the many pictures which have been hung. No 
stranger should leave the city without visiting this room, for at one side of the room has been placed Paul 
Akers' beautiful and justly celebrated sculpture, ''The Dead Pearl Diver." It occupies a conspicuous 
place, surrounded by a gilt railing, and set off by a maroon background, where its beauty is seen to good 
advantage. The room is large, airy and light ; and here we can look at the latest pictorial pajjers. the 
mechanically inclined can pore over the pages of the Scientific Ami-iiiaii. or the high school scholar can 
struggle with the examples of figures for his English lesson, or search for data in ancient history, or facts 
for a possible thesis on |)olilical economy. .Any resident of Portland may take books from the Library by 
complying with the simple regulations necessary to the proper preservation of the Library." 

The work of the Maine Historical Society, which occupies rooms temporarily in this building, appeals 
to a smaller class in the community, but is, from a scholar's standpoint at least, even more valuable, 
if comparison may be made in such a case. And, indeed, even from the most sternly practical point 
of view, the information gathered and disseminated by this society is of almost priceless worth ; for it 
gives particular attention to the gathering, arrangement, and preservation of all documents, public and 
private, written and printed, relating to the early history of Maine, — and the legal value of many among 
such documents, to say nothing of their value in other respects, is hardly to be expressed by figures. The 
Society solicits contributions of letters, autogr.iphs. manuscriiit sermons, journals, diaries, and in f.act all 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



35 



documents or writings of any kind throwing light upon the history, manners, and habits of "auld lang syne," 
or upon the personality of early settlers, however humble their station may have been ; for it is by the 
judicious use of such •' side lights " that the page of history is illumined, so that its meaning becomes 
clear to all, and we see our ancestors as men and women, and not as mere lay-figures or as " creatures of 
heroic mould," having little in common with humanity. The Society was organized in 1822, and has pub- 
lished many valuable historical works, and got together an extensive and highly instructive collection of 
historical relics. Its library includes thousands of bound books and pamphlets, being unequalled by any 
other of a similar character in Maine. The rooms are open to all interested in historical matters. 




Congress Street, near Congress Square. 



Portland's Advantages-Natural and artificial. 

The prosperity of Portland is due to many and diverse causes, but these may all be arranged in three 
grand divisions, and we can then speak of Portland as a commercial centre, as a manufacturing centre, and 
as a Summer resort and gateway to many other Summer resorts of greater or less repute. The reasons for 
Portland's prominence as a commercial centre become apparent when one glances at a map which shows 
the city's favorable location as regards England and other foreign countries, and also shows the extent and 
character of the railway facilities ; it being assumed that the investigator is familiar with the extent and 
depth of the harbor, and hence knows that vessels of the largest size can enter or leave it at any stage of 
tide or season of the year. 

The great and growing importance of the city as a manufacturing centre is also easy to account for. 
The facilities for transportation by land and by sea are so comprehensive and efficient, that "raw material " 
and supplies may be cheaply and quickly conveyed here from any part of the world, and every section of 
this country, and the finished product may be delivered to the consumer, hundreds and even thousands of 
miles away, at but a comparatively slight advance on its cost in this city. 



36 PORTLAND AXD ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 

Remote as Portland is, in comparison with many other manufacturing centres, from the sources of coal 
supplv, her manufacturers are by no means so badly handicapped on this account as would naturally be 
supposed ; for a couple of hundred miles, more or less, make but little actual difference in the cost of trans- 
porting large quantities of coal by water, and with improvements in methods of transportation, the margin 
of difference grows steadily smaller. 

That Portland manufacturers can compete successfully for outside trade with manufacturers in other 
sections of the country, is proved by the prosperity enjoyed by various lines of manufacture, and especially 
is it proved by the prosperity of those branches of production which are carried on here without the aid 
of natural advantages, such as are enjoyed by the manufacturers of cement, drain pipe, and other commodi- 
ties, which are produced here under exceptionally favorable conditions, owing to the presence of the raw 
material. Of course similar raw material is found elsewhere, so that local manufacturers of the articles 
mentioned have to compete on equal terms with those located in various other sections of the country. 
But the truest, fairest test of Portland's advantages as a manufacturing centre, as compared with other cities, 
is afforded by the results attained by local manufacturers of Boots and Shoes, of Matches, of Brushes, 
of Furniture, of Boxes, of Cooperage, and of other articles, which, so far as the cost of the raw material 
is concerned, should be produced as cheaply, and in some cases even more cheaply, in other cities and 
towns. All the branches of production mentioned are flourishing, — some of them are developing with 
wonderful rapidity and steadiness, — and therefore Portland, although not claiming to be a distinctively 
manufacturing city, is entitled to very respectful consideration as a centre of production. 

Concerning the subject of Portland's attractions as a Summer resort, we would refer the reader to the 
necessarily brief, and hence incomplete mention of them, contained in the portions of this sketch treating 
of Casco Bay, Portland Harbor and Islands, and the drives to places of interest adjacent to the city: 
earnestly hoping that the information given may lead him (if he be unacquainted with Portland and its 
surroundings) to devote a week or more to recreation in this vicinity, or, at least, that the reading may so 
rouse his curiosity as to cause him to learn more of this region by perusing some of the various books 
which describe it interestingly and in detail. 

And, finally, as regards Portland's advantages as a gateway to other Summer resorts, near and remote, 
more can be learned by a little careful study of a recent map giving railway and steamboat routes, than 
could be gathered by reading pages of description. Only by studying such a map can one gain an adequate 
idea of the completeness with which that combination or system of railroads known as the Maine Central, 
starting from Portland, commands all parts of Maine, and makes connections with other railroads and 
with steamboat and stage lines, by which any and every portion of Maine, Canada and the Provinces may 
be reached. One branch of the Maine Central runs to North Conway, N. H., there making junction with 
the great Boston and Maine system, and enabling the tourist to reach Fabyan's, Mt. Washington, Bethlehem, 
and all the other famous White Mountain resorts ; or. if he prefer, he may reach that region by another 
and highly picturesque route, travelling over the Grand Trunk Railroad to Gorham, N. H., from which the 
Glen House, at the foot of Mt. Washington, may be reached by a seven-mile stage ride. The Boston and 
Maine Railroad will take one from Portland to Old Orchard in half an hour, and to all the popular beach 
resorts beyond that point in Maine and New Hampshire, including the Isles of Shoals, reached by steamer 
from Portsmouth. 

The Portland and Rochester Road connects at Rochester, N. H., with a branch road controlled by the 
Boston and Maine Railroad, and extending to Alton Bay at the lower end of Lake Winnipesaukee, from 
whence a steamer runs to Wolfeboro', Long Island, and to Centre Harbor at the upper extremity of the 
lake. Trains and boat are so arranged that one may leave Portland in the morning, embark at Alton Bay, 
sail the whole length of the lake and return (a distance of more than forty miles), and reach Portland early 
in the evening of the same day. 

Portland is the point of departure for various well-managed lines of steamers giving frequent commu- 
nication with Harpswell and the islands in Casco Bay, with Bath, Boothbay, Mt. Desert and Machias, and 
all other points along the Maine coast and the Penobscot River. The boats of the International Steam- 
ship Company run to Eastport and St. John, N. B., making connection for Grand Menan Island, the city 
of Fredericton, Halifax, N. S., Charlottetown, P. E. I., and all parts of the ^L^ritime Provinces. 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



37 



The Portland Steam Packet Company runs a daily line between Portland and Boston, and sell 
through tickets to Providence, Springfield, Worcester, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, 
and all points south and west ; and going north from Boston, they sell excursion and round-trip tickets 
to Old Orchard, Mount Desert, Rangeley Lakes, White Mountains, and all other points in Maine and 
New Hampshire. 




Steamer " Portland/' of Portland and Boston Line. 

In short, the steamboat as well as the railway facilities of Portland are thoroughly comprehensive and 
efficient, and the extent and excellence of the combined service, taken in connection with the central loca- 
tion of the city as regards the mountain, lake and coast regions of New England, fully justify Portland's 
claim of being the natural and most advantageous gateway to all the famous Summer resorts in this section 
of the Union. 



Suburban Drives. 

The enjoyable drives in the vicinity of Portland are so many and varied, that even the most enthu- 
siastic lover of boating cannot entirely resist their fascinations, while those who prefer land travel to water 
travel, and have never visited this region, have an experience in store for them for which they may well 
be envied. 

A good-sized guide-book, descriptive of these drives, might easily be compiled without exhausting the 
subject, so that the most we can do within our limited space is to mention two of the more noteworthy. 



38 



PORTLAXD AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



The most enjoyable of them all, under the right conditions of weather, is to Prout's Neck, by way of the 
Ocean Road around the shore of Cape Elizabeth, a distance of about fifteen miles. Prout's Neck was a 
famous ■' Summer resort " long before that highly convenient but somewhat ambiguous phrase was invented, 
and although it never was "fashionable," and is not so now, it possesses many advantages over the great 
majority of its "high-toned" rivals. It is separated from Old Orchard Beach by a broad arm of the sea, 
and the other side of the peninsula is washed by the rollers of the open ocean. As the Neck has a hard. 




Vihw IN' LiNcoL.v Park. (No. i.) 



even, sandy beach at one point, and a bold, rocky shore at another, fine opportunities are given for both 
bathing and fishing; and from time immemorial almost, it has been a resort for excursion parties from all 
the towns in the vicinity. Here was made the first settlement in the town of Scarboro': Thomas Cammock, 
the original settler, having a house here some 260 years ago ; and the tourist may have pointed out to him 
the site of the fort so gallantly defended, in 1703, by eight men, that ihey repulsed five hundred French 
and Indians. If ever we have an American Rider Haggard, the story of that fight may be fittingly told. 

To reach the Neck from Portland by the Ocean Road, we cross Portland Bridge, drive along with the 
ocean and harbor in full view, and finally draw near to Portland Light, the first lighthouse built on the 
Maine coast. It first sent forth its warning gleam January 10, 1791, so that for a full century it has stood 
here " to watch o'er the fate of poor Jack." The light is visible between fifteen and twenty miles in clear 
weather. Some miles farther along the road to the Neck, we come across the "'Two-Lights," as they are 
called. These are modern structures, having been built in 1874, at a cost of $30,000. Between the Two- 
Lights and our destination are many fine hotels, broad beaches, and other objects of interest, of which 
space forbids our speaking in detail. 

Prout's Neck may be reached by several other roads from Portland, all of which are shorter than the 
( )cean Road ; but the superior views along the Ocean Road more than compensate for its length. 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



39 



If one has thoroughl)' explored Cape Elizabeth, or wishes to take a shorter drive than to Prout's Neck, 
he should most certainly visit Falmouth Foreside, by crossing the Bridge, passing through the village of 
East Deering, and crossing the Presumpscot River. After surmounting the hill, the traveller reaches the 
road along Falmouth Foreside, this point being but about five miles from City Hall. The water view is 
the opposite of that seen from Cape Elizabeth, for that had chiefly to do with the open sea, while this is 
confined to the generally placid waters of Casco Bay. The drive may be almost indefinitely extended, for 




View in Lincoln Park. (No. 2.) 

the road runs for miles along the shore, and the tourist is lured so strongly by beautiful views, and by the 
proximity of places of historic interest, that it is only by a strong effort of the will that he turns his horse's 
head, and retraces his route to the city. 

There are many beautiful inland drives that deserve mention, — prominent among which is Deering 
Park and beyond, — but we have not the space to describe them in detail. 



The Islands and the Harbor. 



Although the business and population of the city of Portland are almost e.\clusively confined to the 
peninsula or " Neck," a description of that part of the city, however accurate and exhaustive it might be, 
would fall far short of giving an adequate idea of Portland, unless it was supplemented by an account of 
the islands within the city limits ; for the aggregate area of these is nearly double that of the Neck, and 
although sparsely populated by permanent residents, these islands have a very large population during the 
Summer months, and are a very important factor in promoting the welfare of the city. They are scattered 
about Casco Bay at distances varying from three to ten miles from the Neck, and communication with the 



40 PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OP INTEREST. 

city proper, by means of steamboats, is so well provided during the Summer, liiat many doing business in 
Portland reside on some of the nearer of these islands during the heated term, visiting the city every 
morning and returning in the afternoon or early evening; the time occupied en route being no more than is 
required to travel a mile or so by horse car, and the journey being a pleasure instead of a penance, as 
horse car travelling is so apt to be. 




— 1 l|.l.l;i.\'. i'Ai. 



But the great bulk of the Summer populaiion is made up of residents of other cities, other States. 
and even other countries, — for the fame of the Casco Bay islands as Summer resorts is so wide-spread, 
that they attract visitors from all parts of the Union, and from Canada and the Provinces ; many subjects 
of " Her Gracious Majesty, the Queen," temporarily transferring their allegiance to Uncle Sam every 
Summer, and gaining practical experience of the workings of republican institutions while dwelling upon 
some one of Casco's breezy islands. And they are among the most valued and looked-for of our Summer 
visitors, too, for almost without exception they are whole-souled, cultured and agreeable people, "in for a 
good time," and regardful of the rights of others. To be sure, the "fisheries question" is often very 
vigorously discussed, but it is confined to local conditions entirely, and has to do with the probable location 
of the biggest fish in the bay, the chances of a good haul on the morrow, the reasons " why we lost that big 
fellow this afternoon," and other matters of prime importance to every amateur fisherman. Of course we 
never think of making our Canadian friends go beyond the "three mile limit" to fish, nor do we enforce 
the modus 7Wf«^// (whatever that maybe); on the contrary, they may fish from Custom House Wharf itself, 
if they wish, and no international complications will follow. 

A large proportion of our visitors come from the West, and some from the South, while nearly every 
prominent city and town in the East is represented. There are many islands from v.'hich to choose, and 
the accommodations are so varied that not only all tastes but all purses may be suited ; and this statement 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 41 

is not one whit too sweeping, for the larger hotels provide a service equal in every respect to that of the 
best houses in the large cities — and, of course, are obliged to charge proportionately,— while at the board- 
ing houses comfortable quarters and good substantial food may be had for very little money. 

The most bold and picturesque of the islands is Cushing's, which lies at the entrance to Portland 
Harbor, and has a length of about a mile and a quarter and a breadth of three quarters of a mile, its shore 
line being about five miles long. The most prominent and interesting feature of the island is the bold and 
rugged headland known as White Head, that projects oceanward, and forms a most efficient natural break- 
water for Portland Harbor. It is from fifty to one hundred and fifty feet in height, and rises almost verti- 




On Cushing's Island. 



cally from the water, bearing on every inch of its surface the marks received during the battle it has waged 
with the ocean for countless thousands of years. The gray granite of which it is composed is in parts 
colored red by the mosses clinging to it, and is seamed, gashed, marred and wrinkled, so that it seems the 
type of antiquity itself. The history of Cushing's Island is of deep interest, and covers a long period of 
time, for recent researches have resulted in making it nearly certain that here was made the first settlement 
in this region by white men, the date being 1623. The island has had many owners and even more names, 
but there is every reason to believe that the present name will never be changed ; and, certainly, it should 
not be, for it was given in honor of the late Lemuel Cushing, of Chatham, Canada, who erected a large 
hotel on the island in 1853, and did more to call attention to the advantages of this and other islands in 
Casco Bay than any other man of his time. This hotel was called the Ottawa House, and was an especial 
favorite with Canadians, and such is now the case with the new Ottawa House, erected a few years ago. 
and one of the finest hotels on the Maine coast. The Summer climate of the island is exceptionally 
equable and moderare, and the opportunities for bathing, fishing, etc., are of the best. 

Peak's Island is larger than Cushing's, being, indeed, the largest island under Portland's jurisdiction, 
and having an area of 720 acres. It is contiguous to Cushing's Island, being separated from it by a com- 
paratively narrow channel, and it somewhat resembles Cushing's Island in its general features, as its ocean 
side is rocky and inhospitable, while its inner side is smiling and fertile. It is not so high, nor so grand in 
appearance, but it has many attractions, and, indeed, is considered the most beautiful island in the harbor 
by not a few good judges. The highest point is about 100 feet above the sea, and from it a most glorious 



42 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



and expansive view may be obtained, ranging far over the ocean, taking in Portland Neck, the suburban 
districts, and extending mile after mile inland, until Mt. Washington itself is reached. 

Peak's Island has been inhabited for more than two centuries, and some historians believe that it was 
here, and not on Cushing's Island, that the first settlement in this region was made ; but, as we have said, 
recent discoveries tend to decide the question in favor of Cushing's, and Peak's must be content with the 
honor of being the largest populated, and by far the most popular island in the Bay. It has been called 
"the Coney Island of Portland," and, with certain limitations, the comparison may be accepted, for, cer- 
tainly, as regards the furnishing of opportunities for amusement, recreation and enjoyment to the people 




The Surf off Peak's Island. 



in general. Peak's Island easily heads the list in this section of the coast. There are several excellent 
hotels, many large boarding houses, and many more smaller ones, — for a very large proportion of the 
resident population take one or more boarders during the Summer months, — so that the visitor may put up 
at a private house or at a hotel, as his tastes or means may suggest. There is an Opera House, the famous 
'"Greenwood Gardens," a Skating Rink, many Powling Alleys, and other amusement facilities on the island, 
and half-hourly steamers make communication with Portland all that could be desired. Especial advantages 
are offered to campers on this island, and boats, fishing tackle, etc., are obtainable at moderate rates. The 
permanent population of Peak's has increased rapidly of late years, and the island undoubtedly is destined 
to develop largely in the near future. 

Long Island is located norih-east of Peak's Island, and although it is generally accepted as a fact that 
Peak's Island is the largest island belonging to Portland, government charts give Long Island an area of 
912 acres. Until quite recently, the principal value of Long Island was as a breakwater, but it is becoming 
popular now as a Summer resort, and is sure to be more largely visited every season, for it has attractions 
not enjoyed by other islands, even though they be more picturesque or beautiful. Long Island has a con- 
stantly increasing permanent population of fishermen-farmers, and the tourist who can '' get on the right 
side " of one of these men, will learn more about salt-water fishing in general, and Casco Hay fishing in 
particular, in a single Summer, than he otherwise would in a lifetime. 

Nearly opposite lies Little Chebeague, connected with Great Chebeague by a sand-bar, which has a 
most inconsiderate and reprehensible habit of changing its outline to suit its own erratic disposition — .as 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



43 



many an amateur skipper has learned to his sorrow. This sand-bar differs from the average yachtsman in 
being dry only at low water, but as it is "soaked " at all other times, the difference is not so great as would 
at first appear. Little Chebeague has a fine stretch of beach, a very pleasant grove, and other natural as 
well as many artificial attractions. 

There are various other islands included wholly or partially within Portland's limits, but these are of 
comparatively little importance as yet to any save hunters and fishermen, they being but thinly populated, 
and with few exceptions entirely unimproved. 




On the Rocks, Long Island. 



Those wishing a longer steamer ride than is necessary to reach any of the Portland islands, should 
take a trip to the peninsula of Harpswell, which lies at the eastern extremity of the Bay, about fourteen 
miles from Portland. The ride is a beautiful one, and affords an unsurpassed opportunity to inspect the 
forts in the Harbor and the islands in the Bay from many different points of view. 

If the tourist be possessed of literary tastes, he will be gratified to learn that north of Bailey's Island, 
which lies across the arm of the Bay to the eastward, is Orr's Island, the scene of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 
fascinating story, "The Pearl of Orr's Island." And whether he have literary tastes or not, if he can 
remember his boyhood days, when everything he read was accepted as gospel truth, he will feel repaid for 
his journey when Ragged Island, midway between Bailey's and Small Point Harbor, is pointed out to him 
as the "Elm Island" where "Lion Ben," and other homely heroes portrayed by Elijah Kellogg, had their 
imaginary being. Such books as the Elm Island Stories are not written nowadays, more's the pity, but, 
fortunately, the Elm Island Series is not out of print, and copies of the books it comprises should be put 
in the hands of every American boy, for in no way can he be given a better idea of what his ancestors had 
to do, and how they did it. 

Landing at Harpswell, the tourist will find some good hotels, many cottages, and various bowling alleys 
and other places to while an hour pleasantly away, together with row boats and sail boats in great variety. 
The extremity of the peninsula is one of the coolest places on the coast, and is very popular as a Summer 
resort, although it has not been so widely advertised as its merits deserve. 



PORTLAXD AXD ITS FOIXTS OF IXTEKEST. 



The Present and the Future. 

The great growth of Portland in population, in influence and in wealth, during the past decade, is 
extremely gratifying in and of itself, but is rendered doubly so by the fact that it has been accompanied 
by a very general and pronounced growth throughout the State. As the principal city of Maine, Portland's 
development must of necessity be contingent to a great extent on that of the State as a whole ; for although 
cases may be cited where large cities have prospered while the States in which they are located have 
languished, such prosperity is not healthful, and being brought about by forced and unnatural conditions, 
is sure to be attended sooner or later by disastrous results. 

It would be easy to cover pages with facts and figures illustrative of the great progress Maine has 
made since 1880, but we will not present voluminous statistics ; first, because statistics are very dry reading 




■fli- ^-!Ur w 















Davis Block. 



to the average man (and it is for the "average man" that this book is especially intendedX and. second, 
because the fact of Maine's development can be more concisely and therefore more forcibly demonstrated 
by concentrating attention upon the one feature of it which, to a great degree, embraces and is the conse- 
quence of all the rest. This feature is the remarkable, and, in some cases, wonderful increase in valuation 
— an increase which amounts to no less than $73,150,385 over the valuation of 1S80. And what makes 
this increase especially significant and gratifying, is the fact that it is universal throughout the State, there 
not being one of Maine's sixteen counties but what shows some gain ; and while the gain in some of the 
counties is simply phenomenal, in the least progressive of them it is very pronounced, amounting to nearly 
$700,000 in the cas« of the county showing the smallest advance, and ranging steadily upwards, until in the 
banner county for increase in valuation, it nearly readies the enormous sum of 58, 000.000. 



PORTLAND AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



45 



Our figures are authentic and official, being taken from the report of the State Valuation Commission, 
rendered March ii. 1891, and embodying the results of nearly eight months of continuous labor. By this 
report it appears that the realty of the State is worth very nearly one-third more to-day than it was ten 
years ago, the increase in valuation being about thirty-one per cent. ; for in 1880, the estates were worth 
$228,030,656 and the wild lands $7,948,060, a total valuation of $235,978,716 ; while now the estates are 
worth $291,512,743 and the wild lands $19,129,518, and the grass and timber on public lands are estimated 
to be worth $415,592, making a total of $309,323,102. 




In Deekixg Park. 



It will be observed that the increase in the value of the wild lands has been especially remarkable, 
amounting to more than 140 per cent, in ten years ; and after learning this fact, those familiar with the 
distribution of wild lands among the several counties, will not be surprised to learn that Aroostook — the 
northernmost and the largest county in the State — shows the largest absolute and also the largest propor- 
tionate gain, it amounting to $7,872,226, or more than one hundred per cent, on the valuation of 1880. 
The county of Hancock makes an almost equally favorable showing, its valuation having increased 
$7,840,060, and now amounting to $16,115,026, as compared with $8,264,966 in 1880. Hancock's great 
gain in wealth is chiefly due to Maine's popularity with Summer tourists, the increase in valuation in this 
county being principally on estates at Mount Desert and other Summer resorts, as will be seen from the 
fact that the town of Eden, in which the village of Ear Harbor is located, now has a valuation of $5,034,958, 
a gain of 708 per cent, in a decade. The advantages arising from prosperity of this kind are not, of course, 
confined to the towns, cities and counties most directly affected, but are shared to a greater or less degree 
by every section of the State, and particularly by such a city as Portland, which is the great centre of 
supply for all the country adjoining. 



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J'OKTI.AND AND ITS POiyrS OF INTEREST. 



The extensive facilities controlled by the great wholesale houses of this city enable them to practically 
monopolize the trade of all portions of Maine, by the simple but highly effective process of giving better 
value than any outside competitors can do. And it is certainly but simple justice that Portland should 
have the profit made possible by the State's development ; for Portland capital has been freely expended 
in providing and extending lines of transportation, Portland energy has done much to bring forward and 
push the claims of Maine to a more prominent position in the union of States, and Portland influence has 

been strongly and successfully 
exerted to turn a large portion 

■ _ . : ^ of the huge tide of Summer 

' travel to this particular section 

of New England. 
I The policy pursued by Port- 

land's representative men of 
affairs has ever been broad and 
liberal, they recognizing that 
accepted but too often ignored 
principle that lies at the base 
of our republican institutions, 
and of all truly meritorious un- 
dertakings, — ihe greatest good 
of the greatest number. 

Therefore Portland is respect- 
ed as well as admired and emu- 
lated : is regarded as being well 
worthy of its proud position as 
metropolis of New England's 
largest State, and is so deserv- 
ing of and so firmly entrenched 
in that position, that rivalry is 
hopeless, and, in fact, unthought 
of. The simple statement that 
Portland is the wealthiest city 
in Maine, falls far short of giv- 
ing an adequate idea of her 
comparative wealth; for, as we 
were told in our school days, 
■ at least two objects are neces- 
sary in making a comparison,'" 
iiul it is not until we compare 
I'oriland with other cities, that 
we appreciate her superiority. 
Portland has a valuation of 
^37'956-8o8, while the combined valuation of Bangor, Lewiston, Augusta, Biddeford and liath, the five 
wealthiest cities of Maine barring the metropolis, amounts to $36,993, 117, or about a million dollars 
less than that of Portland alone. 

These comparisons are made in no boastful spirit ; the people of Portland rejoice too heartily and 
share too largely in the prosperity of their neighbors to seek to belittle it in any way. directly or indirectly, 
and we feel confident that the residents of Maine are too proud of their representative city, and have too 
perfect an appreciation of its attitude towards other cities in the State, to resent this demonstration of its 
great comparative wealth, — a demonstration which is made for the benefit only of the residents of other 
States, among whom this book will have its largest circulation. 




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47 



Since 1880, Portland has made steady and pronounced progress in all the elements going to make up 
a solidly prosperous commercial, manufacturing, and truly metropolitan city. Her population has increased 
one-sixth ; her valuation has increased one-fourth ; her wharfage facilities have been improved ; her dis- 
tributing facilities have been extended and perfected, and her merchants and manufacturers have extended 
their operations and made their influence felt at many distant points, by demonstrating their ability to 
provide goods of standard merit at rates that meet all honorable competition. 

So much for the past and present. As for the future, that is beyond human knowledge ; and as 
'■ no man knows what a day may bring forth," so no man should assume to say what the Portland of the 
rapidly approaching twentieth century shall be, but this much is sure : if the lessons of the past be 
regarded and the progressive policy of the past decade be continued, when the year 1900 opens, Portland 
will have deserved, and, barring unavertable calamity, will have achieved an even higher and prouder 
position than she now holds among the leading cities of New England. 



PORTLAND BOARD OF TRADE. 

JACOB S. WIN SLOW, President. 

Vice Presidents : WM. G. DAVIS, EBEN COREY, GEORGE WALKER. 

lDIE,EOTOHS : 

Geo. M. Moore, Albert B. Hall, 

Lewis A. Goudy, Geo. S. Hunt, 

Fred. N. Dow, Fritz H. Jordan, 

Thos. J. Little. 

CHARLES S. FOBES, Treasurer. ^L N. RICH, Secretary. 



Woodbury S. Dana, 
Theo. C. Woodbury, 
George Trefethen, 



Geo. W. Woodman, 
Seth L. Larrabee, 
Charles Walker, 



l^EILviCEEI^S : 



Abbott, Geo. H. 
Adams, John M. 
Allen, Wm. A. 
Allen, W. Jr. 
Allen, Chas. G. 
Allen, Wm. C. 
Anderson, Horace 
Anderson, Samuel J. 
Anderson, Wm. H. 
Atkinson, Isaac C. 
Atwood, Levi W. 
Babcock, C. P. 
Barrett, F. R. 
Bailey, F. W. 
Bailey, Giles O. 
Bartlett, Chas., Jr. 
Bartlett, Chas. F. 
Bancroft, Chas. O. 
Barbour. E. Russell 
Bain, James 
Baker, C. W. 
Baxter, James P. 
Beals, Fred H. 
Berry, Alfred H. 
Best, John L. 
Belknap, Chas. W. 
Bean, I. S. 
Berry, Isaac 
Bearce, Samuel F. 
Bennett, H. B. 
Birnie, David 



Bird, Geo. E. 
Bickford, C. S. 
Blabon, Joseph E. 
Blake, Wm. L. 
Boothby, F. E. 
Boothby, Chas. H. 
Bolster, M. E. 
Brackett, J. L. 
Briggs, Herbert G. 
Brown, Chas. D. 
Brown, John M. 
Brown, Wm. W. 
Brown, Philip H. 
Brown, Geo. W. 
Brown, Chas. A. 
Brown, Philip G. 
Burnham, George, Jr. 
Burbank, A. L. 
Butler, Harry 
Carney, Fessenden V. 
Carter, James E. 
Calhoun, David A 
Cammett, Stephen 
Carlton, J. H. 
Chase, Chas. H. 
Chase, Fred V. 
Chase, Daniel 
Chase, Andrew J. 
Champlin, Augustus 
Champlin, James P. 
Chapman, Chas. J. 



Chisholm. H. J. 
Clark, D. W. 
Clark, Ira F. 
Clark, Lucius M. 
Clark, Mervin W. 
Cleaves, Nathan 
Cleaves, Henrv B. 
Clifford, Wm. H. 
Cobb, Albert W. 
Cobb, John C. 
Conley, Elisha W. 
Cook, Charles 
Corey, Walter L. 
Corey, Eben 
Cousens, L. M. 
Courser, Daniel F. 
Coyle, J. B., Jr. 
Cram, Geo. O. K. 
Cram, N. O. 
Crockett, J. Henry 
Crowell, Eleazer A. 
Gushing, Chas. H. 
Dana, W. S. 
Davis, Wm. G. 
Davis, George E. 
Davis, Augustus T. 
Davis, Hall L. 
Deane, F. N. 
Dennison, E. B. 
Dennison, Wm. E. 
Deering, John W. 



Deering, Henry 
Dewey, Henry P. 
Dewey, A. G. 
De Witt, John E. 
Dole, Charles E. 
Dow, Fred N. 
Dow, Sterling 
Dow, Joseph H. 
Drummond, J. H. 
Dunbar, J. B. 
Dunlap, Chas. F. 
Duncan, Henry E. 
Dyer, Isaac W. 
Dyer, Seth C. 
Dyer, L. F. 
Dyer, F. P. 
Eastman, B. M. 
Eastman, E. D. 
Eaton, Wood S. 
Edwards, Brice M. 
Emery, Mark P. 
Emery, Isaac 
Emery, Daniel F. 
Emery, John A. 
Emerson, Joseph J. 
Evans, Osman C. 
Farrington, Fred R 
Farrington, C. J. 
Farlev, C. H. 
Ficke'tt, J. B. 
Fletcher, J. H. 



PORTLAND AXD ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. 



Fobes, Chas. S. 
Ford, Chas. \V. 
Foss, V. Richard 
Foss. M. C. 
Fowler, Henry J. 
Fox. Henry 
Frank. Melvin P. 
Frye. Geo. C. 
Fuller. A. P. 
Gardiner, N. S. 
Gerrish, J. J. 
Gibson, M. S. 
Gilman, Joseph E. 
Goding, M. R. 
Goding, Edward L. 
Goding, C. W. T. 
Goudy, L. A. 
Hall, James H. 
Hall, John H. 
Hall, Albert B. 
Hamlen, J. H. 
Hanson, Robert P. 
Harford. Fred H. 
Harris, Benjamin F. 
Harmon, Charles C. 
Harmon, Herbert A. 
Haskell, S. B. 
Haskell, T. H. 
Haskell, Benjamin F. 
Haskell, Charles O. 
Hay, H. H. 
Hersey, Seth B. 
Hinds, A. S. 
Hinkley, Rufus H. 
Hobbs, John P. 
Hodsdon, Joseph Y. 
Holmes, George F. 
Houghton, Henry L. 
How, James L. 
Hunt, George S. 
Hunt, G. A. 
Hay, Oliver 
Jackson, Chas. E. 
Jackson, Thos. 
Jackson, George E. B. 
Jordan, James P. 
Jordan, E. C. 
Johnson, Stephen 
Jones, H. L. 
Jones, T. Frank 
Jones, Benjamin W. 
Jordan, James C. 
Jordan, Fritz H. 
Jose, Charles E. 
Josselyn, 'I'heo. A. 
Jost, Daniel F. 
Keazer, James 
Kelley, Daniel T. 
Kendall. A. A. 
D. VV. Kensell, 



Kent, Edward W. 
King. Joseph A. 
Kinney, Burton .\. 
Knowlton. \Vm. J. 
Lapin. J. J. 
Larrabee, Philip J. 
Larrabee. Seth L. 
Latham, W. VV. 
Latham, Edwin NL 
Laughlin, A. W. 
Laughlin, Alex. T. 
Laughlin, Thos. S. 
Lawrence, Franklin M. 
Leavitt, William 
Lewis. Russell 
Libby, Joshua C. 
Libbv, George H. 
Libby, C. R. 
Libby. George 
Libby, H. J. 
Loring, Prentiss 
Loring, Geo. B. 
Lord, John N. 
Little, "X. John 
Little, Frank H. 
Little, Thos. J. 
Little, Albion 
Lunt, Fred T. 
Manning, P. C. 
Mansfield, VV. W. 
Mattocks, Charles P. 
Martin, John K. 
Marrett, James E. 
Megquire. A. S. 
McGlinchey, James 
McClintock, \V. F. 
Merrill, Charles 
Merrill, Thomas B. 
Melcher, Holman S. 
Milliken, Chas. R. 
Milliken, VV. F. 
Mitchell. Elliot C. 
Moore, George M. 
Morrill, Frank H. 
Morse, Arthur D. 
Morse, Nathaniel W. 
Mosher, Thom.is B. 
Murdock, D. F. 
Nash. Oliver ^L 
Nelson. Charles R. 
Nickerson, Peter S. 
Noyes, Edward A. 
O'Brion, Lewis 
Osgood, H. S. 
Owen, George C. 
i'almer, John E. 
Palmer, J. S. 
Payson, Henry S. 
Payson, Franklin C. 
Payson, George S. 



Pavson, Edgar R. 
Pennell, VVm. H. 
Pennell, Charles J. 
Pennell, Henry B. 
Perkins, N. M. 
Pettengill, A. J. 
Peters, George C. 
Pierce, Edward R. 
Pierce, Arthur VV. 
Proctor, John C. (Hon.) 
I'roctor. John F. 
Pullen. Stanley T. 
Putnam, \V. L. 
Rand, John F. 
Redlon, Nathan E. 
Rich, Marshall N. 
Rich, Andrew J. 
Richards, Fred E. 
Rich, Frank G. 
Ricker, David B. 
Ricker, George C. 
Ricker, H. H. 
Ripley, Sewell C. 
Roberts, S. W. 
Roberts, VV. H., Jr. 
Roberts, Fred VV. 
Robinson, Charles H. 
Robinson, Edward I!. 
Rogers. Alpheus G. 
Ross,'c. H. 
Rumery, Jerome 
Sargent, Charles 
Sargent, Edward H. 
Sargent. H. M. 
Sawyer, F. A. 
Sawyer, Whitman 
Schlolterbeck, A. G. 
Schwartschild, S. 
Scott, William H. 
Senter, William, Jr. 
Shaw, Horace H. 
Shaw, George C. 
Shaw, Thomas P. 
Short, Leonard O. 
Short, Joseph H. 
Simonton. Albert PL 
Small, S. R. 
Smith. James H. 
Smith, Abial M. 
Smith, Henry St. J. 
Smith, Lewis B. 
Smith, Frederick 
Smith, F. A. 
Smith, .Alonzo VV. 
Snow, Lucien 
Soule, William H. 
Spring, E. (i. 
Stanwood, V.. L. 
Stanwood, George M. 
Staples. Edward P. 



Stephenson, A. B. 
Stevens. Samuel A. 
Stevens, William H. 
Stevens, John Calvin 
Stock weli, J. VV. 
Stockbridge, Ira C. 
Strout. A. A. 
Strout, Charles B. 
Strout, Charles A. 
Strout, Sewall C. 
Sweat, T. L. 
Swan. Francis K. 
Sylvester, George W. 
Taylor, Howard 
Tenney, Nelson 
Thaxter, S. VV. 
Thomas, VV. VV. 
Thomas, Eli as 
Thompson, Zenas 
Thurston, George F. 
Tolman. George 
Tomlinson, Edward 
Trefethen, George 
True, Jabez 
True, DeCarterett 
True, George VV. 
Tucker, Payson 
Twitchell, John Q. 
Verrill, liyron D. 
Virgin, Harry R. 
Vose, Edwin F. 
Waite, A. H. 
Waldron, Charles P. 
Waldron, E. A. 
Waldron, Flavel B. 
Walker, Charles 
Walker, George 
Walker, Charles J. 
Walker, Robert W. 
Webb. Lindley M. 
Wescott, William H. 
Wescott, George ]'. 
Weston, George D. 
Whitnev. Ammi 
White. John S. 
Whipple, VV. VV. 
Williams, A[. L. 
Winslow, I. S. 
Winslow, E. B. 
Woodward, Harry A. 
Woodbury, Theo. C. 
Woodman, Geo. W. 
Woodburv, Lester 
Wright, Aug. R. 
York. Edward H. 
York, John VV. 
York, George VV. 
Young. George AL 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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Representative Business Men 




Union Mutual Life Insurance Company 

Portland, Me. 



Incorporated 1S-4S. 



ITS POLICIES ARE THE MOST LIBERAL NOW OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC; are PROTECTED BY 
THE POPULAR MAINE NOX-FORFEITL'RE LAW, the provisions of which can apply only to Policies written 
by this Company; are FREE AFTER ONE YEAR FROM ALL LIMITATIONS AS TO RESIDENCE. TRAVEL, 
SUICIDE or OCCUPATION, (Military or Naval service excepted in time of war) ; and are INCONTESTABLE 
AFTER TWO YEARS. 

Its plans are VARIED and ADAPTED TO ALL CIRCUMSTANCES. 

Send to the Company's Home Office, Portland, Maine, or to any Agency of the Company, for publications^de- 
scribing its NON-FORFEITING FREE TONTINE POLICIES With or Without Mortuary Dividends,— ami other 
forms of Policies; also for Pamphlets explanatory of the Maine Non-Forfeiture Law, and List of Claims paid there- 
under. TOTAL PAYMENTS TO POLICY-HOLDERS MORE THAN .82.5,000,000.00. 



.lOHN E. DeWITT, 
ARTHUR L. BATES, Secretary, 
THOMAS A. FOSTER, M. D., Medical Director, 
4 



President. 
J. FRANK. LANG, Assitant Secretary, 
HON. .JOSIAH H. DRUMMOND, CounseL 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



WYER GREENE & CO., Fashionable Shoes. 
539 Congress Street, Portland, Me. : Wyer Greene, John 
E. Greene. A man who has carried on a certain line of 
business for nearly a score of years should certainly be 
thoroughly conversant with it in every detail and sliould 
therefore "be in a i)Osition to offer unsuvpHSsed induce- 
ments to his custotners, and we are sure that no one 
familiar with the facts will dispute that such is the case 
with Messrs. VVver Greene & Co., doing business at Xo. 
539 Congress street. This enterprise was started iu 1870, 
by the firm of Adams & McCorrison, who were suc- 
ceeded in 1S72 by McCorrison & Greene, the present Ann 
being established in 187.3. the individual members of 
which are Mr. Wyer Greene and Mr. .John E. Greene. 
These gentlemen are both natives of Windham, Me., and 
are too well known to require extended personal men- 
tion. The premises occupied have an area of 1,0.50 
square feet, and are capable of accommodating a large 
and varied stock. Considering the long experience of 
both the proprietors it becomes almost unnecessary to 
state that the stock is composed exclusively of reliable 
and desirable goods, and that the prices (juoted are as 
low as can be named on deiiendable footwear. The 
latest fashionable novelties are at hand to choose from, 
and a sufflcieut force of competent assistants assures 
immediate and polite attention to every caller. Orders 
are promptly filled, and goods are sent to any address in 
the United .States and Canada. 

H. S. MELCHER & CO.. Whol.'sal.- D.alers 
in Groceries. Flour and Provisions. Xo. 22.i Commercial 
Street, Portland, Me. The business conducted by 
Messrs. H. S. Melcher & Co. extends throughout Maine, 
New Hampshire and Vermont, and it is safe to say no 
wholesale grocery and provision trade in Portland is es- 
tablished on a more secure foundation, for from the in- 
ception of operations l>v Messrs. Churchill, Hunt i'^ 
Melcher in 18<;.') up to tlie present time the undertaking 
has lieen managed in accordance with strictly legitimate 
methods and the policy has ever been to meet all honor- 
able competition in a honorable way, giving full value 
for all money received, filling orders promptly and 
accurately and handling a full line of dependable goods. 
The founders of the business, or more properly the firm 
founding the business, were succeeded by Messrs. 
Churchill & Melcher in 1869, and in 1881 the present 
firm-name was adopted. Mr. Melcher is a native of 
'J'opsham, Me., served in tlK- army during the rebellion, 
and most certainly needs no introduction to tlie residents 
of Portland and vicinity, for iu addition to the promin- 
ence gained during his long and successful business 
career he has become universally known in this section 
l)y his valuable public services, he having served in 
both branches of the city council, and now being mayor 
of Portland for second term. Mr. Melcher has always 
been on the side of progress, has done much to develop 
Portland's interests and to promote harmony among the 
great business houses which are so prominent a charac- 
teristic of the city, and tlie fact of his election to the 
highest oflice within the gift of the residents of Port- 
laiul shows that his efforts are appreciated, 

0. L. BAILEY, Wholesale anil Retail Di-aler 
in Guns, Fishing Tackle, and all kinds of Sporting 
Goods. 263 Middle St., Portland, Me. Away "up coun- 
try" they have a saying to the efl'ect that one should 
never look for hens in a duck pond, and those mis- 
guided individuals who have looked for dependable 
sporting goods in some of those modern "dry goods 
emporiums" that advertise to sell everything, need not 
be told that that principle applies toother things besides 
hens. "Cheap" and unreliable sporting goods are a 
ilelusion and a snare, they being actually worse than 
useless for all practical purposes, and therefore when 



you want anything iu the line of sporting goods visit a 
reputable dealer who makes a specialty of such articles 
and caters to patrons who demand tlie best and would 
be quick to detect any attempt to furnish them with any- 
thing else. Vou might travel all over the state of 
Maine without finding a dealer who answers this de- 
scription more perfectly than Mr. G. L. IJailey, for he 
has carried on his present business for more than 40 
years, and "not knowinghim argues yourself unknown" 
— In Portland sporting circles at all events. Mr. Bailey 
was born in Massachusetts, and started his present en- 
terprise in 1849, since which date he has been prominent- 
ly identified with the advancement of Portland's inter- 
ests not only in a private but also in a public cai)acity, 
he having served as councilman and as alderman, lie 
utilizes spacious premises at No. 2ii3 Middle street, and 
deals both at wholesale and retail in guns, fishing tackle, 
and all other kinds of sporting goods, including air 
ritles and pistols, re vol vers, ammunition (fixed and loose), 
skates, snow shoes, game bags, boxing gloves, foils, 
dumb bells, Indian clubs, baseball supplies, leather 
jackets, etc. Knives and scissors are also dealt in, 
together with razors and strops, dog collars, hammocks, 
and other articles too numerous to mention. Mr. IJailey 
is agent for Du Ponfs s|)orting and blasting powders, 
Hendrock, Atlas powder. fu«e and exploders, being pre- 
pared to furnish these goods in (juantilies to suit at 
bottom figures. He manufactures and deals in certain 
])atented specialties, among them being improved dumb 
bells, net starts, split shot sinkers and pencil sharpeners. 
Prompt attention is assured to every caller, and we may 
add that no dealer is prepared to quote lower prices on 
goods of equal merit. 



GEORGE P. DEWEY, General Ajrent, 
National Life Insurance Company, of Vermont. 35 
Exchange Street, Portland. Me. The National I,ife 
Insurance Company, of Vermont, Is one of the oldest 
companies in the United States and holds a record in 
some respects unprecedented and in all respects unsur- 
passed by that of any other life insurance company. 
For instance, the income from its investments alone, 
since organization, lias paid nearly all death claims and 
endowments, which is much more than can be said of any 
other company, and yet absolute security and not a 
high rate of interest has been and still is sought when 
investing the company's funds, this principle being so 
thoroughly carried out that no investment has ever been 
made in railroad stocks, or in any manufacturing pajier 
or fluctuating securities; all investments being made in 
United States. State, City. County and Town lionds. and 
mortgages on improved real estate worth, at least, 
double the amount loaned thereon. The National is a 
purely mutual company and it is well to remember that 
the history of life insurance in the United States shows 
that no company organized on thi* principle has ever 
failed. Opcr.it ions arc confined to the northern portions 
of the United States, all districts of high mortality 
being carefully avoided and the business being so widely 
distributed that the jirevalence of fatal disease in a 
locality can have no decided influence on the average 
mortality; the result being that very few companies 
can compare with the National as regards lowness of 
the death rate. Of course iu a jiurely mutual company 
such as this, every dollar saved in death losses is a 
dollar earned in dividends, — hence the advantage of in- 
suring in a company where the mortality is kept very 
low. Mr. George P. Dewey, the general agent for 
Maine, has an office at No. 3.") Exchange .St., and will 
give any desired information on application. He is a 
son of Mr. Charles Dewey, I'resident of the company, 
has represented it here since I8S4 and has done much to 
advance its interests in this section of tlie country. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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The WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE 
CO. OF NEW YORK, W. A. Brewer, Jr., President, 
Wm. Haxtuu, Vice-President and Secretary, Assets, 
$11,000,000, Invested in Government, State and City 
Stocks, and Bonds and Mortgajjes, J. B. Bracljett, Gen- 
eral Agent. The practice of carrying life insurance of 
one kind or another has become so general that the man 
who has anybody dependent upon him (and how few 
there are of whom this cannot be said) and is not in- 
sured, is so pronounced an exception to the rule that the 
burden of proof is upon him, as the lawyers would say, 
to justify his position. But there is insurance and in- 
surance, — some worthy of the name and some merely a 
delusion and a snare, for unless the protection enjoyed 
is as absolutely secure as anything earthly can be it is 
not real insurance, whatever else it raaj' be, and those 
seeking the genuine article may search forever without 
finding anything more advantageous than that offered 
by the old Washington Life Insurance Company, of 
New York, — a company incorporated in 1860, and whose 
assets have steadilv increased from $141, 279. .58 Decem- 
ber 31, 1860 to $11,000,000 December 31, 1890. More 
than 83 per cent, of the assets consists of loans on bonds 
and mortgages, — ^by far the largest proportion shown 
by any life insurance company in this country. A policy 
in such a company needs no recommendation to those 
who realize that safety is the first thing that should be 
considered in life insurance investments. The following 
summary of the characteristics of the policies written 
by the VVashington will prove of interest: They are 
Non-forfeitable ; Unrestricted as to Residence and 
Travel after two years ; Incontestable after two years ; 
Secured by an Investment Reserve; Solidly backed by 
Bonds and Mortgages, first liens on, Real Estate; Safer 
than Railroad Securities; Not aft'ected by the Stock 
Market; Better Paying Investments than United States 
Bonds; Less Expensive than Assessment ('ertifieates; 
More Liberal than the Law Requires; Definite Contracts. 
The company has thus far paid nearly $20,000,000 in 
cash to policy holders, and has a most enviable reputa- 
tion in connection with the prompt and equitable ad- 
justment of claims. The Washington's interests in Port- 
land and vicinity are well looked after by Mr. J. B. 
Brackett, general agent for Maine, and all communica- 
tions to him are ensured prompt and careful attention, 
any desired information being gladly given on applica- 
tion. Business written in Maine in ISOO, $220,000. 



SKILLIN, HAWKES & CO., Wholesale 
Dealers in Flour aud Groceries, No. 8.5 Commercial 
Street, Portland, Me. The business conducted by Messrs. 
Skillin, Hawkes & Co. was founded just a score of years 
ago, it having been inaugurated in 1S71 by Messrs. Wil- 
liams, Pulsifer & Co., who were succeeded by Messrs. 
William Skillin ifc Co., they giving place in 18S5 to 
Messrs. Washburn, Skillin & Co., who were succeeded in 
1889 by the present firm, composed of Mr. W. A. Skillin, 
a native of Albion, Maine, and Mr. James F. Hawkes, 
who was born in Windham, Maine, and has been very 
active in public as well as in business life, he having 
served in Ijoth branches of the city council and as repre- 
sentative in the state, legislature. He has had long 
experience in the wholesale grocery business, but has 
been identified with theenterprise now under notice only 
since 1889, while Mr. Skillin has been a member of eacli 
of the several firms which have carried it on since 1871. 
The premises made use of are located at No. 85 Commer- 
cial street, and comprise four floors, each of which is 
about 25 X 7a feet in dimensions, so that ample oppor- 
tunity is given to carry avery large stock of flour and 
groceries of all kinds. The firm employ five competent 
assistants and have a well-earned reputation for filling 
all orders promptly, correctly and at the lowest market 
rates, so it is not surprising that their trade should be 
large and show a steady increase from year to year. 



PALMER'S 

Frreneh jVIillinepy t^ooms 

54:) Congress St., Portland, Me. 

Latest Novelties and Designs, Wholesale and Retail. 
JOHN E. PALMER. 

The more important a city is as a trade centre the more 
certain one is to fiad in each distinctive line of trade 
some house that is generally conceded to stand at the 
head, and it is an open secret that that position is held 
in the millinery tr.ide in Portland by the enterprise con- 
ducted by Mr. John E. Palmer, who is a native of Corn- 
ville, Maine, and has c.irried on business in Portland 
more than a quarter of a centur}', removing to the loca- 
tion he now utilizes in 1885. '-Palmer's French Mil- 
linery Rooms," as they are commonly called, are at No. 
513 Congress street, the premises comprising two floors 
and a basament, and measuring 22x100 feet. They al- 
ways contain very large aud comprehensive assort- 
ment of millinery goods, including the latest novelties 
and designs, and are unquestionably the headcjuarters 
for such articles in this section for both a wholesale and 
retail business is done, and goods are shipped to many 
distant points. But special attention is given to I'etail 
custom work, and as employment is given to 25 ex- 
perienced assistants during the busy season, orders can 
be filled at very short notice. Moderate prices are 
quoted and no more artistic work is produced in any 
similar establishment in New England. 

DOW & PINKHAM, Fire Insurance, No. 35 
Exchange St., Portland, Me. The more experience one 
has in the placing of insurance the more fully he realizes 
that " insurance that insures," that is to say, the only 
kind worth having, has a market value which although 
of course affected by prevailing circumstances is still 
the same throughout a given city, at a given time. Or 
to put it in another way, the rates quoted by well- 
equipped and energetic agents representing standard 
companies are practically identical, and hence the one 
seeking insurance has only to assure himself of the good 
faith of agents, for when this is done he may know that 
he is getting his insurance as low as any really first-class 
house will furnish it. Messrs. Dow & Pinkham became 
associated as Fire Insurance Agents in March 1890, and 
the business they have already built up (they are doing 
the largest agency business in Portland) shows that the 
public are prompt to appreciate a really first-class 
service. The partners are Messrs. Sterling Dow <fc H. 
N. Pinkham, both of whom are natives of Maine, and 
are widely and favorably known in business and social 
circles. They have the strongest agency in Portland, 
and the finest ofliee in Maine in their line of business at 
No. 35 Exchange St., and are prepared to execute all 
commissions, large or small, carefully, promptly and at 
the lowest market rates. Some idea of the superior 
character of the facilities oftered miy be gained by an 
examination of the following list of companies rep- 
resented: Liverpool and London and Globe; Insurance 
Co. of North America; Northern Assur;inceof England; 
Niagara Fire of New York; Queen Insurance Co. of Eng- 
land; New Hampshire; N'orwich Uuiou of England; 
Insurance Company of State of Pennsylvania; Phcenix 
of London; Reliance of Philidelphia; Fidelity and 
CasultyCo. ; National Life of Vermmt. In addition to 
Fire Insurance, which is their principal business, they 
also represent reliable companies in marine, life, acci- 
dent, steam boiler, plate glass, elevator and employers 
liability insurance aud fidelity bonds. 



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REPRESENTA TIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



JrueBrother^ 




Jfos^ 392-394 FoRe St- 

PORTL3<\ND- ME- 

TRUE BEOTIIEKS, :Manufa(turers and Deal- 
ere in Brushfs, Nos. 3".):i aud 3!i4 Fore Street, (foot of 
Exchange .Street, Portland, Maine, .since Messrs. True 
Brothers began the manufacture of brushes, in 1S7.5, 
their productions have become known to dealers and to 
large consumers throughout the New England and Mid- 
dle States and have fairly won the leading position wliich 
has been for some time accorded them. The firm have 
added to their facilities from time to time, and now op- 
erate one of the best equipped factories in Xew Eng- 
land, it being titted-up throughout with the most im- 
proved machinery run by electricity, ami)le steam power 
being available iu case of need. Employment is given 
to a large force of skilled assistants, and the various 
processes incidental to production are so carefully super- 
vised that there is little fear of anj' imperfect work be- 
ing allowed to leave the establishment, and should this 
occur the firm are not only willing, but anxious to set 
the matter right, for they have spared neither trouble 
nor expense to build up a reputation for their products 
and they cannot afford to endanger it at this late day by 
carelessness or indifference. They manufacture an im- 
mense variety of brushes, and carry a stock embracing 
every style in the market, so that all orders can be filled 
at very short notice. All their goods are warranted to 

Erove as rei)rcsented, and the firm are prepared to quote 
ottom i)rice8on brushes of every description. Particular 
attention Is paid to machine and order work, and special 
styles will be made up at sliort notice, no fancy charges 
being made under any circumstances. The proprietors 
are Messrs. .1. and D. V. True, both of whom are natives 
of Pownal, Maine, and are too well known to call for ex- 
tended personal mention in these columns. 

WEI'.r. \SIIEPPAKI). Inspectors and D.-al- 
era in all kit]d> of Salt and I'ickled I-'isli, ». 7 and it 
(Custom llouM' Wharf, I'ortlaud. Me. It is a gratifying 
fact that I'ortland packed fish are accei)ted as the stand- 
ard all over the country, for it shows that not only is 
Portland a very important distributing centre for one of 
tlie most valuable of food products, but also that the 
wholesale fish business here is in the hands of honorable 
and experienced men. 'J'lie firm of Webb & Sheppard 



have proved themselves worthy representatives of Port- 
land since beginning operations in 1SS7 as Inspectors of 
and dealers in all kinds of Salt and Pickled Fish, and 
one very important factor in the success they have 
attained is the promptness with which all orders are 
filled, for they carry a large and complete stock, employ 
3 competent assistants and execute all commissions at 
the shortest possible notice. The premises occupied are 
located at Xos .5, 7 and 9 Custom House Wharf and have 
a total area of 12.(»00 square feet, they comprising i 
floors each COxiOO feet iu dimensions. Mr. W. A. Webb 
is a native of Deer Isle, Maine, and Mr. .1. W. Sheppard 
is a native of Portland ; both gentlemen being very 
generally known throughout this section. They give 
the business close personal supervision and thus main- 
tain the service at a very high standard of efficiency. 



C. y. PIERCE, Dentist. 2<ili Middle street, 
Portland. Were the duties of a dentist confined to 
those i)ertaining to the extraction of teeth, the choice of 
a practitioner would be a comparatively easy matter, 
although even then it would be worth while to exercise 
some discrimination, for some dentists will extract two 
teeth before others are ready to begin on the first one, 
aud delay is peculiarly ol>iectionable to those seeking 
dental relief; but the modern demist finds opportunity 
for the display of his best skill in the repairing and re- 
placing rather than in the removal of tl»e teeth, and his 
works call for such experience, taste and mechanical 
ability that it is inevitable that thoroughlj' satisfactory 
results should be attained by the few and not by the 
many. This in a great measure explains the exceptional 
popularity of Dr. C. X. Pierce among those familiar 
with his ability, and it may be added that no dentist in 
the state is more generally known, for, although Dr. 
Pierce is a native of Hopkinton, Mass., he has lived the 
greater part of his life iu Portland, having practiced his 
profession here for some thirty years. He is a graduate 
of Boston Dental College, and" t"he thorough theoretical 
training there received, many years of practical ex- 
perience, aud a iiigh degree of natural ability have- 
combined to make Dr. Pierce one of the most skilful. In- 
genious and successful dentists in Xew England, and,, 
as his rooms at No. 261^ Middle street are fitted up 
with the most improved apparatus, he is iu a position to 
undertake anything in the line of dentistry, to execute 
all commissions in the shortest possible space of time 
and with a minimum of inconvenience to the patient, 
and to guarantee the durability and accuracy of his 
work. 



S. W. THAXTER & CO., Flour, Grain an<l 
Feed, Xos, 2 and 3 Gait Block, Commercial St., Port- 
land, Me. The business carried on by Messrs. S. W, 
Thaxter &, Co, was founded by Mr, Sidney Thaxter in 
Bangor, Maine, and was located there for 30 years 
before being removed to Portland in 1874, The 
founder of the business retired about !i years ago, aud 
the enterprise is now conducted by Messrs S, W, and W, 
H, Thaxter, both of whom are natives of IJangor. The 
firm carrv on operations on a very large scale, A large 
stock of Hour, grain and feed is constantly carried, and 
some idea of tlie magnilude of the business may be 
gained from the fact that goods are shipped to all i)arts 
of Maine, Xew Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts 
and also to the Provinces. This house has for years 
held a leading position in the trade, and its success 
shows that enterprising and str.ilghtforward methods 
are appreciated, for although not allowing Itself to be 
undersold, and meeting all competition In other respects 
also, the firm make It a rule to handle no Inferior goods; 
the various grades oftered being of standard (piallty and 
being fully guaranteed to prove as represented. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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Oxford Builhing, John O. Stevexs, Architect. 

JOHN CALYIX STEVEXS. Architect, 
Rooms 21, 22 aud 23 Osford Building, No. 185 Middle 
Street, Portland, Me. It is the province of the architect , 
to reconcile the ideal and the real, to secure the beautiful 
without the sacrifice of tlie useful and in the majority of 
cases to so use space and material as to obtain the ijest 
possible results at the least possible expense. Where 
" money is an object" the conditions are greatly simpli- 
fied, of course, but the true architect, like a true artist, 
welcomes difficulties, and secures his greatest triumphs 
where he has the greatest obstacles to overcome. Here 
in Portland may be found an architect whose career 
exemplifies the truth of our assertions, for since Mr. 
John Calvin Stevens entered the office of F. H. Fassett 
in 1S73, he has made a record which not only proves him 
to possess courage and persevereuce, but which demon- 
strates his natural fitness for his work, his thorough 
technical education and his finely discriminating taste. 
Mr. Stevens has designed many public and private build- 
ings, as for instance, the spacious and handsome Oxford 
building on Middle street, in which his ottice is located, 
an oflice as well appointed and artistic as can be found 
in Xew England ; academies at Houlton aud Hebron ; the 
North Grammar school aud the Shannon observatory at 
Waterville ; the famous hotel at Poland Springs ; the fine 
residence of Mr. James MacMuUan on State street, and 
various others too numerous to mention, among them 
being many elaborate suumier cottages along the coast 
of Maine. His work ha« not however been confined to 
Maine, as he has designed a large number of fine houses 
built in various parts of the country. Mr. Stevens was 
admitted to partnership by Mr. Fassett in ISSO, and for 
about two years conducted a branch office in Boston. In 
ISSS he began operations alone, so continuing until 1888, 
when he associated with himself Mr. A. \V. Cobb, carry- 
ing on the business under the name of Stevens & Cobb 



until Feb., 1891, wheu Mr. Cobb withdrew from the firm. 
That Mr. Stevens" merit as an arcliitect has received 
recognition abroad, is evidenced by the fact of his being 
made an honorary member of the Architectural League 
of New York in 1884, and elected a member of the Amer- 
ican Institute of Architects in 188!i, in the fall of that 
year being elected a member of its Board of Directors. 
In 1890 he represented ^Vard 7 in the City Council, and 
has held many important oflices in the various organiza- 
tions to which he belongs, among them being the presi- 
dency of the Mechanics' Association in ISOO, aud a mem- 
bership in the Hoard of Directors of the Portland Society 
of Art for the past eight years. 

CHAPMAX BAXKIXG CO., Financial Agents, 
and Dealers in Choice Investment Securities. Interest 
allowed on Deposits. 187 Middle St., (Oxford Building,) 
Portland, Me. The Chapman Banking Co. is a new 
organization, having commenced business in Oct. 1890; 
its members however, Messrs. C. C, Chas. J. and 
Robert Chapman, natives of Oxford County in this 
State, have been residents of Portland many years, 
actively engaged in business, and in promoting the 
interests of this city. The integrity, experience, finan- 
cial and social standing of the Messrs. Chapman, give 
this firm rank among the most substantial and trust- 
worthy in our city, or Xew England. It transacts a 
general Banking business, receiving deposits, subject to 
check, and making an allowance of interest upon bal- 
ances ; it also receives savings accounts, and issues 
Certificates of Deposit bearing interest at a specific rate 
for a definite time. A specialty however iis made ol 
choice investment securities, suitable for trust funds and 
other safe investments, aud a large stock of such secu- 
rities is kept constantly on hand. Trusts and financial 
transactions of auy sort entrusted to this house are sure 
to receive careful and skilful attention. Its elegant 
banking rooms are centrally located at 187 Middle St., 
in the Oxford Building, to which its patrons aud the 
public are always cordially welcome; and all callers 
receive most respectful attention. 

FEED A. BIBBER, Wholesale Millinery and 
Straw Goods, Xo. 148 Middle Street, Portland, Me. It 
is generally known that the millinery trade of Portland 
is of great magnitude in both its wholesale and retail 
departments, but we fancy that few of our readers are 
aware that one of our local millinery merchants utilize 
premises so spacious that they rank as the largest floor 
east of Xew York devoted to the sale of millinery goods. 
The floor in question is 50x17.5 feet in dimensions and 
is located at No. 148 Middle St. A spacious store-room 
is also utilized, and it is hardly necessary to add that a 
very large and complete stock of millinery and straw 
goods is carried, it including the latest fashionable 
novelties and being chosen with a particular view to the 
requirements of general Xew England trade, for an 
exclusively wholesale business is carried on at this 
establishment and goods are shipped to almost every 
portion of Xew England. The proprietor, Mr. Fred A. 
Bibber, is a native of Portland, and has iiad long and 
varied experience in the millinery business, he founding 
his present undertaking in 1878. The original firm-name 
was Bibber, Morrill & McMann, this being changed in 
1881 to Bibber, McMann & Co., and the present owner 
assuming sole control in 1886. He carries on a well- 
equipped and extremely popular retail millinery store at 
Xo. 4:i7 Congress St., in Farrington Block, this being 
the " swell " establishment of the kind in Portland as 
the styles offered are the latest, the variety the greatest, 
and the general style of the goods and particularly of 
the order work is unequaled. A large force of experi- 
enced assistants is employed and all commissions can be 
executed at very short notice despite the magnitude of 
of the business. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



MAURICE BAKER & CO.'S 

BnccesB has been achieved through their strict adherence to tlie policy and principles on 
which their business is founded — 

STRicmHOiESi GOODS «iso[yi[pyi!iiy. 

These Flavorings are sold by all tirst-dass dealers throughout the country. 




The ladies apiireciuti- Facts, 
And they know our llavorioj,' cxtr.ut-. 
Coniparccl witli others. Stand the Teat, 
And without exception are the best. 

Baker's Flavoring Extracts arc 

Fiivorahlv kiiou n iit home, and far 

Away. Their Delicate Flavor 

And Great Strength hisures publle favor. 



For Purity ;ni(i Strength ms well 
These Extracts :ill other hramls cxctd, 

Ami are sold (a-^ .1 >nrel y ! 

With a Guarantee of Purity. 

Our Extracts are as we wish to state 
Always Uniform and of Full Weight. 
'I'hey are prepared with Greatest Care 
From the Fruits, and are sold everywhere 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




PORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE, L. A. 

Gray, Frank L. Gray and Xoah E. Rankiu, Proprietors; 
Davis Building, Corner Congress and Exchange Streets. 
Opposite City Hall, Portland, Me. An educational 
institution which has held a leading position for more 
than a quarter of a century and which being a purely 
private enterprise depends'solely upon its merit for its 
support, must present many genuine claims upon the 
patronage of the public, and so truly is this the case with 
the Portland Business College that it will not suffer by 
comparison with any like institution in the country. It 
was established in 1863 by Messrs. Bryant & Stratton as 
one of their chain of business colleges, and in 1SG4 Mr. 
L. A. Gray became identified with its management, 
securing sole control by purchase two years later and 
remaining sole proprietor and manager until 1800, when 
Messrs. Frank L. Gray and Noah £. Kankiu became 
associate owners. Mr. L. A. Gray is superintendent of 
the course of instruction and has charge of aftairs in 
general, while Mr. Frank L. Gray is principal of the 
practical department, and Mr. Xoah E. Kankin is princi- 
pal of the theoretical department. We have not the 
space at our disposal to enable us to present even a 
synopsis of the plan of instruction, etc., but full informa- 
tion may readily be obtained by all interested, as the 
proprietors have issued a handsomely illustrated cata- 
logue which gives one a clear and comprehensive idea of 
the workings of the institution and will be promptly for- 
warded on application. The college apartments are very 
spacious, well arranged, thoroughly heated and 
perfectly ventilated, and as they are very centrally 
located (being in the Davis building. Congress street. 



between Exchange and Market streets, and opposite city 
hall), it is an easy matter to call and inspect them, and 
such a call will prove pleasant as well as instructive, 
for visitors are cordially welcomed and given every 
opportunity to examine facilities and methods. This 
college is a member of the Business Educators' Associ- 
ation of America, a society made up of the leading com- 
mercial colleges of the United States and Canada. The 
Portland Business College is the sole representative of 
the state of Maiije in this international association, and 
the esteem in which its principal is held by other 
successful teachers is indicated by their having' elected 
Mr. L. A. Gray, president of the Business Educators" 
Association, for 1890-91. From the inception of its 
affairs to the present time it has been the aim of the 
management of the Portland Business College to pro- 
vide a thorough, practical business education at an ex- 
pense within the means of all and it is but justice to 
say they have succeeded admirably in so doing. 
Branches have been added from time to time to meet the 
changing conditions in business life and expert tuition is 
now given in stenography and type-writing, the idea be- 
ing to graduate pupils thoroughly armed at all points to 
resist the close competition of the present day . Knowing 
that plain, rapid, business penmanship is essential in 
every day lite, the management have spared no pains to 
make their penmanship department one of the best. The 
facilities for becoming a good plain writer are unsur- 
passed. Daily instruction is given in this branch by a 
competent penman, and in short no trouble is spared to 
make the service as widely useful as circumstances 
will allow. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




Fiu>T Xatiiinai. Bank Hi ilpin';. Poutlaxd, Me. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



57 




Interior of Main Bankino Eoojj, First National Bank of I'qutland, 



THE FIEST NATIOIf AL BANK of Portland. 
"The business conducted b}- the First Xational Banlc may 
be said to have had its inception in 1S59, for the pioneer 
National Bank of Portland is the successor of the Inter- 
national Bank, incorporated in the year mentioned. The 
national charter was obtained iu ISG-l and renewed 
twenty years later. Numbers among its officers some 
of the most prominent, active and influential business 
men of Maine, as the following list of its directors will 
show: Wm. W. Brown, (of Berlin Mills Co.) ; Mark P. 
Emery, (Commission Merchant) ; Hon. Frederick Robie, 
(ex-Gov. of Maine) ; Albion Little, (of A. Little & 
Co.) ; Wm. G. Davis, (Capitalist) ; Philip Henry Brown, 
(of J. B. Brown & Sons, Bankers,) : James H. Ham- 
len, (of J. H. Hamlen & Son) ; Frederick Bobie, 
President ; James E. Wengren, Cashier. The bank has 
a capital of one million dollars, and the facilities it 
offers being in all respects desirable. For many years 
this institution has handled the greater part of the 
collections on the state of Maine, and consequently is in 
direct communication with practically all accessible 
points in the state : the result being that exceptionally 
prompt and satisfactory returns are to all intents and 
purposes assured to correspondents, particularly as the 
business is so conducted as to enable immediate and 
painstaking attention to be given to the execution of 



every commission : The following statement of June 
30th, 1891, will well repay careful examination : 

RESOURCES. 

Loans and Discounts $1 . J84 034 56 

U. S. Bond's 4s (at par) 50,000 00 

other Stocks. Bond and Securities 3.700 00 

Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures lOS.TSl 31 

Due from Approved Reserve Agents 179.952 46 

Due from Other Banks 153.019 68 

Due from Redemption Agent.* 2.250 00 

Cash Items, ( 
Bills and Specie, \ 141,069 42 

82,282,757 43 

LI .ABILITIES. 

Capital Stock gl.OOO ooo oo 

Surplus and Profits 163.062 96 

Dividend payable July 1 3O.0no 00 

Circulation'. 45.000 00 

Deposits— Individual, 932.911 "7 ( , ,,,, ... .. 

Banks, 111.792 71 S V" l""''"* *' 

$2,282,757 43 

The rooms occupied by tlie bank on the main floor are 
large and commodious and cover'an area of about 4,000 
square feet. The other floors of the building are divided 
up into offices, single and in suits, fitted with all modern 
appliances, and principally occupied by professional 
men. The building being situated'directly opposite the 
postoffiee renders it most convenient and desirable in a 
business point of view. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




('A~co Natioxal Bank. 

CASCO NATIONAL BANK, Portland, Me. 
Xo financial institutiou in New Enp;l:uui has a more lionor- 
.ible record than has tlie Casco National Bank, ami there 
are very few banks in Maine of eciually long standing, 
for although the institution in question has done busi- 
ness under a national charter but little more than a 
quarter of a century, it was incorporated as a state bank 
nearly seventy years ago, its originul charter being date<l 
1S24. April 2<1, ISG.i, a reorganization was effected under 
the national banking laws, the original capital being 
8t;<JO,00(l, which was subse(|ueutly increased to asOO,0("i, 
at which amount it has remained. The bank has been 
most ably managed from the beginning, and has proved 
90 potent a factor in aiding the advancement of the best 
interests of this city and section that its great and gen- 
eral popularity is the legitin)ate and in (act the unavoid- 
able result of "the policy pursued. The ollicers, past and 
present, have been and are men thoroughly familiar with 
local needs and resources and most excellently (|ualified 
to administer the affairs of a representative financial 
institution ; and tliat the policy of the bank is conserva- 
tive as well as enterprising is indicated by the existence 
of a surplus of 830II.00O, besides undivided profits of 
more than .SILOOO. But the solid condition of the bank 
can best be ascertained l)y an examination of the follow- 
ing statement, issued .(uly '.», IS'.il : 
RESOURCES. 

Loanti and discountr S1,SM,408 Vi 

OverdraflH. Rfcured ami uui*ecured 388 71 

U.S. BoDdB tfi wmmirciilntliin iiioiio iK) 

Stocks, Wfcurillf". clniiiiK. iti- lsm«9 4S 

I)uf frorii ui>pr"vt-d rfservf BKeiity l.M>44 'u 

Dti.- rri.ni olli.T Nallr.iial Bunk 11.'. .'.Kl 44 

Dut! from Stale llunkH ami liaiikfrc 7 'im Su 

Banking' Ik'Ush. fiiriiitun- ami flxiurrr 4.V<KI0 iM 

Current e.\i>riJM's anil taxi's paid 1:11 711 

CheekHancI btlirr ca»ll iteniF l.tllH :ia 

£:xchanirFtt for elearlDK-houne Vi (iiw 8" 

Bills ut other liai'ki' lti.:»>'.i no 

FractloDal |)a|»T enrivncy, nickelgand cenli' 'J"« '^4 

S|wcie 3!).81>.') 00 

Legaltendernotes 4,3:i.'i 00 



Redemption fund witii U. S. Treasurer (5 per 

cent, of circulation 1 $2,260 GO' 

Due from U. S. Treasurer, other than o percent. 

redemption fund 2.000 0» 

Total $2,658,230 48- 

UABILITIES. 

Capital stock paid in $800.000 00 

Surplus fund 300.000 00 

Indivded profits 11,89;) 33 

National Bank notes outstanding 45,000 00 

Milideuds unpaid 13,202 05 

Individualsdepositasubject tocbeck... 766,217 48 

I leuiand certilicales of deposit 1.100 00 

Certified checks 3.i>07 50 

cashier's checks outstanding 7,037 34 

I lue to other National Banks 35,7K2 24 

Due to State Banks and buukers 30.243 12 

Notes and bills re-discounted 25 000 00- 

Bills payable 468,320 79- 

Total $2,505,209 85 

The premises utilized are very spacious and very 
completely fltted-up and conveniently arranged, 
they comprising the entire first floor of a hand- 
some four- story building owned by the bank. 
Burglar and fire-proof vaults ensure the safety of 
valuables in the bank's custody and every facilitj' 
is provided to aid in the prompt and accurate trans- 
action of business. The officers and directors of the 
institution comprise the following representative 
tju-iiiess men : President, Stephen R. Small; Vice- 
President, Jacob S. Winslow, < "ashler: Marshall H. 
<.oding. Directors: Stephen IJ. Small, .lacob S. 
Winslow, Joseph Walker, Edward II. Davis, Ammi 
Whitney, Geo. P. Westcott, Frank A. Pitcher. 



CUMMINGSc^ WINCHESTER, Commis- 
sion Merchants and Importers and Exporters of 
Wholesale Fruits and Produce, Foreign and Domes- 
tic; .\pples and Bananas a Specialty; Nos. 147 and 149- 
Commercial Street, Portland, Me. The immense exten- 
sion of the fruit business of late years is due to many 
causes, chief among which are improved transportation 
facilities and a growing popular conviction that fruits are 
among the most healthful as well as the most delicious 
of foods. It is difficult to say how much the demand has 
stimulated the supply and how much the supply has (by 
lowering the cost) "increased the demand, but at all 
events the leading fruit houses have shown great enter- 
prise in bringing the choicest foreign and domestic fruit 
within the means of practically everybody, and the firm 
of Cumniings & Winchester deserve a good share of the 
credit due to Portland concerns in this line of business,, 
for, although doing a strictly wholesale importing, 
exporting and commission business, their operations 
tend to reduce the cost of reliable fruit to consumers with- 
out interference with the legitimate profits of producers. 
Mr. Maurice Cummingsisa nativeof Greenwood, Maine, 
and Mr. V. II. Winchester was born in tliis city. Tliese 
gentk'iiion became associated in 1887, and succeeded to a 
business established a iiuinberof years before by Messrs. 
Ilodgdon \ Soule, who gave place to Messrs. Hodgdon 
Brothers, and they to Messrs. Hodgdon, Lovell & John- 
son, the immediate predecessors of the present proprie- 
tors. The firm utilize very spacious premi.ses at Nos. 147 
and 14(1 Commercial street, comprising four floors meas- 
uring ;10 X 50 feet. They also utilize a storeroom ;10 x iiO 
feet in size, and a large basement at No. ;tl Market 
street. All kinds of foreign and domestic fruits and pro- 
duce are extensively dealt in, but a leading specialty is 
made of apples and bananas, the firm being very large 
expoiters of the former fruit, as the productions of some 
of the leading orchards are marketed through them. 
Employment is given to nine assistants and all orders are 
assureti prompt and careful attention. The interests of 
eons igners are fully i)rotccted and Messrs. Cummings it 
Winchester are well prepared to meet all honorable 
compel itioii in their line of business. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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WOODBURY & MOULTON, 

^Bankers, 

Corner Middle and Exchange streets, PORTLAND, MAINE. 



State, Municipal, Railroad 
and Water Company Bonds 
Bought and Sold. 

Investments suitable for 
Savings Banks and Trust 
Funds, constantly on hand. 



The baakiug firm of Woodbury & 
Moultnn has gained a high reputatiou 
during the fifteen years it has car- 
ried on operations in this city,— so 
high in fact that it is safe to say uo 
local financial concern is more firmly 
entrenched in the confidence of in- 
vestors and the general busines- 
public. The original partners wen- 
Messrs. Theodore C. Woodbury aud 
William H. Moulton, they being join- 
ed January 1st, 1S86, by Edward H. 
York. Mr. Moulton retired in 1S90, 
but no change has been made in the 
firm name. The concern handle bonds 
and securities in general, their lead- 
ing specialty being investment 
bonds, and the firm making a care- 
ful and exhaustive personal examin- 
ation of each loan before placing it 
on the market. Messrs. Woodbury 
& Moulton possess unexcelled facili- 
ties for the purchase and sale of bonds 
and securities in general. They have 
made a specialty of bonds for Trust 
Funds, and their success is evidenced 
by the large amount of securities held 
by Savings banks and Trust Funds, 
which they have sold, and their con- 
stantly increasing business. 




Bankixi: Kooms 




I'KivATE Office. 



6o 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




at Xos. 100 and lOi Middle street. Xot onlj- does th 
assortment includethe very latest fashionable novelties' 
but one is always sure to rind within it goods unobtain" 
al)le elsewhere, for being direct importers Messrs. H. 
.T. Bailey & Co. control some styles exclusively. The 
premises are so arranged as to enable goods to be 
chosen to excellent advantage, and as employment is 
given to from fifteen to twenty assistants, callers are 
assured immediate and polite attention. The firm are 
prepared to carpet, paper and curtain single apart- 
ments or entire houses in any style desired, and their 
fuilities are such that all purses as well as all tastes 
laii be pertectl}' suited. 

POETLAXD SAVINGS BANK, Xo. 81 and 
S.'i Exchange St., Portland. Slaine. The Portland 
Savings Hank is one of those representative institutions 
whose influence for good is almost bouudless, for not 
only is the aim of this enterprise a most worthy one but 
it is so admirably carried out as to entitle the bank to a 
Ic-ading position among New England's savings institu- 
tions, and these liave the reputation of surpassing as a 
whole those of any other section of the country. The 
Portland Savings liank wrs organized in April, 18.52, for 
the puri)Ose of furnishing a safe and otherwise advan- 
tageous place of deposit for the savings of the ])eople 
and thus encouraging the formation of industrious, 
steady and prudent habits; the founders recogui/iug the 
fact that the many temptations to extravagance held 
out by a civilized state of society should be counteracted 
so far as possible by strong incentives to prudence and 
thrift. The rules governing the iustitution were so 
drawn up as to ensure that its advantages should not be 
hioiiiipolized by the rich or even by the moderately well- 
to-ilci, and whatever amendments have been made from 
time tci time have had their origin in the dcti'nnination 
of the management to maintain this as a bank of and for 
the pcojile. The result is that although the enormous 
sum of S7.01S..'i33.24 was held on deposit December 1, 
1^110, it stood to the credit of K.-MiS depositors, so that 
the average deposit was about §3.'U.:!2. Dividends are 
ready for payment May l.-ith and November 1.5th, and if 
not drawn will be added to the principal. The fact that 
the last five dividends have been at the rate of 41 i)er 
cent, shows that money placed with this bank is profit- 
ably as well as securely invested, and a com|ireluMisive 
idea of the class of securities held by the institntimi may 
be gained from an examination" of the following 
statement Aug. 11, 1S91 : 

LI.\BILITIES. 



H. J. BAILEY ^: CO., ImpoitiTs and D.-alcrs 
in Carpets and Dra])eries. Window shades. Paper Hang- 
ings: M. M. Bailey, T. M. .lohnstou ; 190 and 192 Middle 
Street. Portland, Me. The business carried on by Messrs. 
II. J. Bailey & Co. was established in 1819 audis one of 
the best-known and most truly representative enterprises 
that can be found in this city. The present firm-name 
was adopted in 1S80, it being still retained, although Mr. 
H.J. Bailey retired in 18S',,i, and tlie proprietors now are 
Messrs. M. M. Bailey and T. M. Johnston, the former a 
native of Maine and the latter of Xew Vork state. The 
firm are extensive importers of and wholesale and retail 
dealers in carpets and draperies, window shades, jiaper 
hangings, etc., they constantly carry an exceptionally 
lieavy and varied stock re(|uiring the occupancy of five 
lloors in their haiuisoint' block, which gives them about 
lfi,(JOO square feet of lloor space : the |ircinises are located 



Deposits 
Int<?rest 
Reserve Fuud 



S:,lT4.3S.i 12 

111 aoii 81 



S;,M1.329.93 



RESOURCES. 



United States Bonds . 
"Public Securities, 
Loans to Corporations 
Lonn>^ with Collaterals 
Ltiiins on Mortgafi^es 
R.-nlE«l«te 
Bank St.x.-k 
Railrofttl Bonds , 
Railroad Stock . 
Expenses . 
I'orijoralion Bonds 
Oa-sli ... 



S126.000.00 

2.3SO,300.00 
414 'JM.OO 

1.4i<1.3S4.88 
607.0<148S 
14I,9-.>1.98 
119.591)00 

1,>>94.750.00 
61.30U.0O 
3.92'>68 



S7.«<1.3i9»3 

The bank is onen daily (.Sundays and holidays excepted) 
from 9 to 3. We print the list of officers without comment; 
the following names being those of men far too generally 
and intimately known to require exteuded jiersoual 
mention in a book intended for Maine circulation: 
President, (Jeo. E. B. Jackson: Trustees and managers, 
G. K. B. Jackson, James P. Baxter, F. P. IJarrett, 
Westou F. Milliken, Charles S. Fohes, .Sidney W, 
Thaxter, Edward .\. Xoyes; Treasurer. Edward A. 
Xoves. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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H. H. EICKEK \- CO., Mamifacturers and 
Wholesale Dealers in Fine Flavoring Extracts, Grocers 
Sundries, Medicines, Whips, Xotious, Cigars and Pipes. 
Agents for Poland Mineral Spring Water. Xo. .396 Fore 
Street, Portland, Me. The tirm of H. H. Kicker & Co. 
is exceptional even among the leading wholesale houses 
of Portland for the magnitude of its operations and the 
variety of goods handled, its business having so wide a 
scope and embracing so many important departments 
that it is difficult to determine where to begin a 
necessarily britf notice of it. The enterprise was 
started in 1873 and has always been carried on under 
the present firm-name, although some changes have 
taken place in the ownership. As now constituted the 
concern is made up of Mr. H. H. Eicker, a native of 
Poland, Me.; Mr. F. 15. Kicker, a native of South Paris, 
Me. ; Mr. C. K. Phinney, a native of Saccarappa, Me., 
and Mr. E. P. Merrill, a native of Barrington, X. H. 
The firm are wholesale and retail agents for the famous 
Poland Mineral Spring Water, and are also general 
agents for the Wm. Eadam's Microbe Killer for most of 
the States of Maine, X. H. and Vermont, sales of which 
are very large. The firm are large manufacturers of 
and wholesale dealers in fine flavoring extracts, 
essences, etc. They deal very extensively in cigars, 
carrying one of the largest stocks in Maine and quoting 
prices which are literally " as low as the lowest " on all 
the brands dealt in. Patent medicines, grocers' sundries, 
smokers" articles, notions, whips, etc., are also very 
largely dealt in and spacious as are the premises occu- 
pied at No. 396 Fore St., they are not a bit too large to 
accommodate the immense stock of these and other 
goods which is constautly carried. The flavoring 
extracts and essences handled by Messrs. H. H. Eicker 
& Co. are accepted as the standard wherever introduced, 
for they are strictly pure and never fail to give complete 
satisfaction. Employment is given to 6 competent 
assistants, and despite the magnitude of the business all 
orders are assured prompt and careful attention. 

DEEEIXG, WIXSLOW & CO., Sontliern 
Pine Lumber. The Largest Assortment in the East. 
Timber, Plank and Boards. Office, 323 Commercial St., 
Yard, Brown's Wharf. Portland. Me. Telephone 6.51. 
The firm of Deering, Winslow & Co., is clearly entitled 
to the distinction of being classed as the representative 
Southern pine lumber house of Maine, for this concern 
carry the largest assortment in the East of Southern 
pine timber, plank, flooring boards and stepping stock, 
and although doing quite a large commission business in 
Northern pine, spruce and hemlock lumber, they make 
a specialty of the Southern product and fill large orders 
directly from the mills, being thus prepared to execute 
the largest commissions at very short notice and at 
positively the lowest market rates. Thej' control excel- 
lent storage facilities at Brown's Wharf" and as before 
stated their stock is exceptionally large and complete in 
every department. The office is at No. 323 Commercial 
St., and is connected by telephone, the call being 651. 
Both a wholesale and retail business is done, and all 
orders, large and small, are assured immediate and 
cai-eful attention. This enterprise was started bv Mr. 
J. W. Deering in 1871, and the present firm was formed 
in 1887 by the admission of Mr. Howard ^Vinslow, who 
had been identified with the business for the 12 years 
preceding. Mr. .Tohn W. Deering was born in Saco, 
Maine, has officiated as Mayor of Portland, and is so 
generally known throughout this section as to render 
extended personal mention altogether superfluous. Mr. 
Winslow is a native of r)eering, Maine, and is also 
widely known both in business and social circles. Both 
members of the firm give the business close personal 
supervision and as a natural consequence the service is 
kept at a high standard of efficiency. 



MAINE SAVINGS BANK, No. 198 Middle 
Street, Portland, Me. The Maine Savings Bank is one 
of the most popular institutions of the kind in New 
England, the number of depositors at the present 
writing being about 17,361, an increase of about 1861, 
during the past three years, but great as this increase is 
it would be much more decided were the advantages 
offered by the bank more generally understood, for its 
fuuds are so securely and profitably invested that 
depositors obtain fully as much securitv as there is in a 
United States 4 per cent, bond, and the last dividend of 
the bank was at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, free 
of all taxes. The government bond sells for .?124 
thereby reducing the net rate of interest to but little 
more than 2 per cent., so that a comparison of the two 
investments is decidedly in favor of the bank, which 
may be said to furnish at par what would otherwise 
cost 24 per cent, premium. The detailed statement of 
the bank's condition issued August 10, 1891, is a very 
interesting as well as instructive document, and will 
well repay careful examination, and the more closely it 
is studied the more evident it will become that the aftairs 
of the institution are very ably and conservatively 
administered. By this statement it appears that the 
total amount of deposits at that date was $5,407,390.22 
and the number of depositors was 17,361. This shows 
that the individual deposits average .5311.46, and 
indicates that the advantages of the bank are utilized by 
just that class of wage earners for whom they are 
especially intended. The surplus above all liabilities 
was $897,677.40, certainly a sufficiently broad margin to 
provide for all conceivable contingences. The manage- 
ment is as economical as it is efficient, the expense of 
carrying on the business being but about i of one per 
cent. Such results as these render any eulogy of the 
ability and faithfulness of the officers and trustees 
entirely superfluous, and we will simply say they are 
men widely known in financial and general business 
circles as will be seen by a perusal of the following list : 
President, Samuel Kolfe; vice-president, William G. 
Davis; treasurer, Alpheus G. Eogers ; trustees, Samuel 
Rolfe, William G. Davis, Mark P. Emery, Eben Corey, 
Alpheus G. Kogers. Very spacious and conveniently 
arranged premises are occupied, and money may be 
deposited or withdrawn with very little trouble or delay 
as a large force of thoroughly competent assistants is 
employed, and no unnecessary formalities are practiced. 

STEVENS & CO., Importers and Wholesale 
Dealers in Bonaire, Dairy, Butter and Ground Eock Salt, 
also Wholesale and Eetail Dealers in Corn, Meal, Oats, 
Eye, Feed, &c. No. 164 to 168 Commercial Street, 
Portland, Me. The magnitude of Portland trade in 
butter, salt, oats, meal and feed would surprise many 
who have lived in the city for years were the figures to 
be given, for even ordinarily well-informed people seem 
to have but an imperfect idea of Portland's high stand- 
ing as a distributing centre for the commodities men- 
tioned. The firm of Stevens & Co., has done much to - 
bring about the present condition of affairs, for it has 
been in existence a quarter of a century, and by enter- 
prise and fair dealing has built up a very extensive 
wholesale and retail trade. The firm is now constituted 
of Messrs. W. n. and M. Stevens; Mr. T. Stevens, one 
of the original partners, having retired about 8 years 
ago. Both members of the firm are natives of Deering, 
and are so generally known that extended personal 
mention would be entirely superfluous. Messrs. Stevens 
& Co. are importers of and wholesale dealers In bonaire, 
dairy, butter and ground rock salt, and wholesale and 
retail dealers in corn, meal, oats, rye, feed, etc., carry- 
ing an immense stock and utilizing 4 floors measuring 
75 X 200 feet, at Nos. 164 to 168 Commercial St., and store- 
houses 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Long Wharf. All orders large 
and small are assured immediate and .careful attention. . 



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FOREST CITV SUGAR REFINING COM- 
pany, Maimtat'turers of all grades of Powdered, Grau- 
ulat'ed and Coffee Sugars, also, Crystal and Silver Orip 
Syrups, Geo. O. K. (.'ram, Treasurer, Geo. S. Hunt. Pres- 
ident, Office. HJ.5 Coniraercial Street, Portland, Me.— The 
consumption of sugar in the I'nited States is muc-li 
larger in proportion to the population than is the case in 
auy other country in the world, and lience it is natural 
that our facilities for the manufacture of sugars should 
be so extensive and efficient as to be unequalled by those 
possessed by any other nation. Among the great sugar 
refineries of the country that are carried on by the 
Forest City Sugar Kefining Comptny occupies a prom- 
inent position, for it is equipped wiih machinery of the 
most improved type, and when run at its full capacity 
gives employment to 200 men and turns out 700 barrels 
of sugar per diem. This company was incorporated in 
18G3 and has a capital uf .§,300,000. The premises utilized 
are very spacious and wellarrangi'd, and comprise a 
large refinery and a commodious score-house, located ou 
West Commercial street, the office being at Xo. 1(15 Com- 
mercial street. The company manufacture all grades of 
powdered, granulated and coffee sugars, and also crystal 
and silver drip syrups, their productions having an unsur- 
passed reputation as they are always up to the standard 
in every respect. The president, Mr. Geo. S. Hunt, and 
the Treasurer, Mr. George O. K. Cram, are both Port- 
land men by birth, and are almost universally knowu in 
business and social circles throughout this city and vic- 
inity. 



PORTLAND TRUST COMPANY, Portland, 
Me. The Portland Trust Company was incorporated in 
1884 and began business in January, 1885, it being the 
first Trust Company ever organized in Maine. It has a 
special charter authorizing it to do a general banking 
business and making it a legal depository for trust funds 
of all descriptions. Owiug to the obvious advantages of 
the plan pursued by the company, and the character of 
the men identified with it, the enterprise lias been a 
marked success from the start, the support accorded it 
being so general and the results attained so satisfactory 
that many kindred companies have since been formed in 
various parts of the state. The service offered includes 
the receipt of deposits and the payment of interest on 
the same ; the loaning of money, and the purchase and 
sale of standard investment securities. The company is 
a legal trustee or agent for corporations, and is also an 
authorized depository for trust funds in the hands of ad- 
ministrators, assignees, guardians, trustees and courts. 
An examination of the following official statement of its 
condition July 1, 1801, will show how l:irgely its 
facilities are availed of and cause the judicious reader to 
tiioroughly endorse a policy which has brought about 
such results since January, 1885 : 

Demand Loans, $i:i:'i.721i Capital, Sloo.OOO 

Time •• 1113 OSS Undivided Profits, 2:1.000 

Bonds, '27 332 Sinking Funds, lii(i,.',7:i 

Sinkine Fund Investments, <>0.,'>6a Trust Estates, 3iin 

Trust Investments, 32.371 Deposits, 2U4,0J2 

Cash on band and in banks, 61.7i!0 

8402 K4U 

$462,846 

The affairs of a corporation carrying on so important 
and responsible an enterprise should be administered by 
representative business men, and that such is the case 
the following list of officers bears witness: President, 
Wm. G. iJavis; Secretary, H. Hutler. Trustees: VV. G. 
Davis, Mark P. Emery, (has. F. Mbby, \V. \V. Krown, 
R. M, Pichardson, Jas. P. Itaxter, Kreilerick N. Dow, 
Augustus I!. Wright, David ^V. Snow, Geo. S. Hunt, 
Henry S. Osgood, S. W. Thaxter, Frederick Pobie, 
Samuel .\. Ilolbrook. With the exception of Mr. Kobie, 
who is from (iorliam, and Mr. Ilolbrook, wlio is from 
Freeport, all the above are Portland men. 



SWAN & BARRETT. Bankers and Brokers, 
186 Middle street. Portland, Maine. There may be very 
little in a name from some points of view, but no one 
familiar with the comparative standing of Maine's finan- 
cial houses will deny that there is a great deal in the 
name of Swan & Barrett to ensure the good faith and 
high standing of any enterprise with which it may be 
identified, and hence it is not surprising that that hon- 
ored title should be retained by those now connected 
with this representative house," although the Barrett 
Brothers retired from the business in 1877 and Mr. Swan 
in 1885 Mr. Rufus H Hiukley entered the firm when 
the Messrs. Barrett retired, Mr. George H. Richardson 
entered in 1882, and Mr. Henry St. John Smith in 1885. 
The first-named gentleman is a native of liorhani. Me., 
and both his associates were born in this city. All three 
members of the firm are so generally known in social as 
well as in business circles as to reader extended jiprsonal 
mention quite unnecessary. A very exteii-^i\ e Imsiness 
is carried on, standard securities being largely dealt in 
and all commissions incidental to a legitimate banking 
and brokerage business being executed with fidelity and 
dispatch. The relations of the concern with banks and 
private banking houses throughout the country are of 
the most favorable character, and investors will here 
find unexcelled facilities for the secure and prifitable 
placing of large and small sums. The office is conven- 
iently located in Canal Bank Block, No. 18i> Middle 
Street, and is excellently arranged and equipped for the 
prompt and accurate tninsaction of business. 



WESTBROOK 3IANUFACTURING CO. 
Manufacturers of Ships and Ravens Duck aud Twine. 
No. 10 Central Wharf, Wm. R. Wood, Agent. I'ortland, 
Me. There are some textile fabrics in the manufacture of 
which we do not seem to be able to compete with 
foreigners, but sail duck is not one of them, for that 
turned out by the Westbrook Manufrcturing Co. is 
undoubtedly ecjual to any in the world. This duck ha* 
been on the market many years, during which its 
reputation has steadily increased and has long since 
been accepted as the standard by sailmakers and ship- 
owners in general, " Portland sail duck " being known 
more widely and favorably than any other brand ever 
jmt on the market. W. r! Wood, agent, is prepared to 
furnish duck in any desired quantity at short notice and 
at the lowest market rates, and also twine, which is 
another of the company's specialties. Office at Xo. 10 
Ontral Wharf, and all orders are assured prompt aud 
careful attention. 

SEBAGO WOOD BOARD COMPANY, Man- 
ufacturers of Wood Pulp and Pulp Boards: C. A. Brown, 
Treasurer; Mill at South Windham; Xo. ;!!tO Congress 
Street, Portland, Me. The Sebago Wood Board Com- 
pany began operations in 1S75, and heuce ranks among 
the older of the companies which have developed the 
manufacture of wood pulp and pulp boards to its jircsent 
great magnitude in this state. The mill is located at 
.South Windham, ;ind is fitted up with a most elaborate 
plant of improved machinery, driven by water-i>owor. 
ICniployment is given to seventy hands, and the average 
daily product is ten tons of wood pulp and pulp boards, 
so tiiat the company is in a position to fill heavy orders 
at short notice, as well as at the lowest prevailing rates. 
The president is Mr. W . A. Russell, of Boston. Mass., 
and the treasurer is Mr. Charles .\. Brown, of this city. 
The company has an office at X'o. 300 Congress street, 
communications to that address being assured immiMliate 
and careful attention. The capital of the concern is 
.91,50,000, and the plant is not only of the most improved 
type, but Is kept at the highest possible standard of 
ettldency, the uniform excellence of the product being 
thus assured. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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^ POETLAND ROLLING MILL, Mamifactni- 
€rs of Merchant Bar Iron, Fish Plates aud R. R. Spike?, 



0. R. Milliken, President; J. W 

24 Plum St., Portland, Me.— Iron 

Maine 




Leavitt, Treasurer, 
manufacturers in 
and indeed in all 
parts of Xen' England, are 
handicapi)ed by their com- 
parative remoteness from 
the coal and iron supply and 
by other circumstances 
unnecessary to mention 
here, but enterprise, skill 
and determination will do 
much towards overcoming 
or compensating for nat- 
ural obstacles, and a prom- 
inent illustration of this fact 
is aft'orded by the success 
attained by the Portland Rol- 
ling Mill since operations 
were begun in 1S81. The 
office of the company is at 
No. 24 Plum street, Port- 
land, but the works are at 
Ligonia, Cape Elizabeth, 
antl are very extensive and 
fit ted-up with a costly plant 
of improved machinery, 
including a steam engine of 
22.5 horse power. Employ- 
ment is given to from 100 to 
200 assistants and the an- 
nual out-put reaches 10,000 
tons. The company manu- 
facture "Extra," "Stand- 
ard," "Forest City," refined 
and common merchant bar 
iron, angle irons, fish plates 
and railroad spikes, and the 
productions are accepted as 
the standard wherever in- 
troduced. The various 
grades are exceptionally 
uniform in quality, for the 
many processes incidental 
to manufacture are very 
carefully supervised, and 
the result is goods that can 
be unhesitatingly guaran- 
teed and will hold their own 
in competition with any other 
of similar goods. Roll's have 
recently been added to roll 
a variety of sizes of angle 
irons \\hich Iiave a good 
sale. All orders are assured 
prompt and careful atten- 
tion and will be filled at the 
lowest market rates. This 
is a thoroughly representa- 
tive enterprise and natural- 
ly has representative busi- 
ness men connected with it; 
among them being Mr. C. 
R. Milliken. who holds the 
position of president, and 
Mr. .J. W. Leavitt, who acts 
as treasurer, S. Peters, 
superintendent. 



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J. 15. FICKKI'l' \ •<».. Ii.m1.i> in Wliil.- 
Lead, Zincs, Color*, Masury's I'ure Li<iuiil Paints, V:ir- 
Dishes. Coach and Tube Colors, Linseed, Sperm iiiid 
Lubricatine; Oils, Brushes, Window (ilass, etc., 40:! and 
40.5 Fore Street, Portland, Me. Experience, skill and 
care go for a good deal in the filling o£ painting orders, 
but the most competent and conscientious painter cannot 
do good work with inferior stock, and as a large propor- 
tion of the paints, colors, leads, varuishe^, oils, etc., in 
the market is of more or less inferior quality, it is well 
worth while to know some house which han<ile8 goods 
that can be depended upon implicitly to prove precisely 
as represented. .Such a house is that of J. H. Fickett tt 
Co., and it is as well-known as it is reliable, for its 
business was founded just a (juarter of a century ago 
and has attained very large proportions. Mr. Fickett was 
born in Portland, and it goes without saying is extremely 
well-known both in business and social circles. The llrm 
occupy spacious premises at Nos. 40:j and 403 Fore 
street, they comprising three floors and a basement and 
having a total floor space of 10,000 S(iuare feet, thus 
atlording ample room for the carrying of a heavy stock 
of painters' and glaziers" supplies and materials, includ- 
ing pure white lead, zincs, colors, agents for Masury"s 
pure liquid paints, varnishes, coach and tube colors, lin- 
seed, sperm and lubricating oils, brushes, window glass. 



|.iin \ . ill. Agents for the celebrated plasticofor interior 
worii. 15oth wholesale and retail buyers are supplied, 
many orders from New Hampshire and from all over 
Maiiie being received, and the tirm are prepared to quote 
the lowest market rates as well as 'to furnish goods 
which are guaranteed to prove as represented. 



MR. MARK P.EMERY is a native of Biixtou, 
Maine, and for many years has been so prominently 
ideutltled with the advancement of Portland's interests 
as to have become one of the best-known business men 
in the city. lie has served on the Board of Aldermen 
and held other i)ublic oflices of trust and responsibility, 
and is connected with the management of some of the 
leading corporations and institutions of Portland, 
notably the Maine Savings Bank, of which he is a 
trustee, and also a director of the First National liank. 
Jle is also vice-president of Maine Steamship Co.. and 
trustee and treasurer of Maine State lieform .School. 
Mr. Emery is now aliout to retire from the commission 
and cooperage business which he 1ms been engaged 
in since 184."). He has been an extensive manufacturer 
and dealer In cooperage stock, having carried on the 
business with Mr. Henry Fox, under the Arm name of 
Emery & Fox, for 20 years. .Mr. Fox retired in 1874. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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C. W. MAESTON & CO., Wholesale Dealers 
in Live, Boiled and Pickled Lobsters, Telephone 9S5 B. 
No. 92 Commercial Street, Portland, Me. — The business 
carried on by Messrs. C. W. Marston & Co. was origin- 
ally located at Boston and had its inception more than 
half a century ago, it having been founded in 1837. The 
original firm-name was John Marston & Sons, the present 
style having been adopted in 1885, about twenty years 
after the busines» was removed to Portland. From the 
very first this enterprise has field a leading position in 




the trade, and it is gratifying to be able to say that the 
firm was never better prepared than now to meet all 
honorable competition, not only as regards the quality 
of the goods liandled and the prices quoted on the same, 
but also as regards the ability to fill the heaviest orders 
at sliort notice. Of course tlie supply of lobsters is depen- 
dent somewhat upon the weather and upon otlier things 
o\|er which no house has control, but this firm enjoy 
facilities at least equal to tliose of any concern and hence 
ofl'er a service as reliable as can be had anywliere. They 
deal at wholesale in live, boiled and pioliled lobsters, and 
occupy spacious premises at No. 92 Commercial street, 
connected by telephone No. 985 B. As now constituted 
the firm is composed of Messrs. Charles W. Marston and 
George M. Cram, both of whom give the business close 
personal supervision, and spare no pains to fully main- 
tain the liigh reputation so long lield by the enterprise 
with which they are identified. 



FEEBLE HOUSE, Portland Me. Mont- 
gomery S. Gibson, Monument Square. Many of our 
readers need not be told that the Preble House takes its 
name from the fact that the original liotel building was 
the mansion built by Commodore Edward Preble in 
1806. The present structure is more than three times 
the size of the original, it having suflicient capacity to 
accommodate 250 guests, and being one of the best 
equipped and most elegant hotel structures in the State. 
It is heated throughout by steam, equipped with steam- 
elevator, lighted by electricity and fitted up with the 
most improved sanitary conveniences, the drainage, 
plumbing, etc., being such as to make this one of the 
most healthful as well as one of the most pleasant 
houses in Maine. As regards the cuisine of the Preble 
we will only say that in tiie opinion of competent judges 
that of no other house north of Boston can compare with 
it the year around. Some other hotels may equal the 
service at certain seasons, but for steady and uniform 
excellence, that of the Preble stands without a rival. 
Another verj' important factor in promoting the popu- 
larity of the house is its central location on Monument 
.Square, in the very heart of the city. Horse cars pass 
the door, and any portion of Portland can be quickly and 
cheaply reached. The present proprietor, Mr. Mont- 
gomery S. Gibson, is a native of Kingsley, P. Q., and is 
one of the most widely and favorably known hotel men 
in the East. During his management of the Preble, that 
historic old house has become more popular than ever 
before, and this popularity is bound to steadily increase 
if an intelligent determination to afford the best service 
possible can accomplish that end. 
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ALEXANDEE & SIMPSON, (Successors to 
W. H. Pennell), Plumbing, Steam and Veutilating En- 
gineers, Telephone 772, 43 and 45 Union Street, Port- 
land, Me. "Modern Conveniences" would certainly not 
willingly be dispensed with, and their advantages far 
outweigh their disadvan- 
tages, but nevertheless 
it is undoubtedly a fact 
that the plumbing ar- 
rangements of a house 
must be properly put in, 
duly cared for and kept 
in perfect repair or they 
are apt to breed sickness, 
especially in thickly set- 
tled communities. 
Everything depends 
upon having the plumb- 
ing work of a house 
properly done to begin 
witih, for alterations are 
often difficult and expen- 
sive to make and even 
when made the result is 
liable to be less satisfac- 
tory than would have 
been the case had the 
work been originally done correctly. Among those en- 
gaged in the plumbing business in this vicinity none are 
better known than Messrs. Alexander & Simpson, for 
these gentlemen succeeded to au old established business 
and have for a long time held a leading position in this 
branch of industry. Messrs. Henry Alexander and 
George H. Simpson, natives of Maine and Massachusetts, 
compose the present firm, the premises occupied at Nos. 
43 and 45 Union street, are 35x76 feet in dimensions. 
They are steam and ventilating engineers, designers 
and contractors for heating and ventilating systems, by 
use of steam and hot water, for mills, factories, 
churches, public buildings, and private residences. Em- 
ployment is given to from six to ten competent assis- 
tants, and all work is done in a superior manner. 



EICHAEDSON, WALKEE & CO., Wholesale 
anc Retail Dealers in Southern Pine Lumber, Ship, Rail- 
road Bridge and Factory Timber, Plank, Car Stock, etc. 
Telephone 777 B. 331 Commercial St. ; Yard, 330 to 
336 Brown's Wharf, Portland, Me. When first intro- 
duced. Southern pine lumber had to contend against 
considerable prejudice, whicii was all the more stubborn 
on account of its unreasonableness, but there is no 
disputing the logic of facts in the long run, and the 
popularity of this lumber now is proof positive that its 
merits are appreciated. The firm of Ricliardson, Walker 
& Co. make a specialty of handling Southern pine 
lumber, including ship, railroad bridge and factory 
timber; plank, flooring boards, car stock, etc., and are 
prepared to furnish it in quantities to suit, at bottom 
prices. They do a commission in all kinds of lumber, 
but carry a full line of Southern pine in stock in their 
extensive yard, Nos. 330 to 336 Brown's Wharf, their 
office being located at No. 331 Commercial St., and 
connected by telephone No. 777 B. Employment is 
given to 15 assistants, and both wiiolesale and retail 
orders are assured prompt and painstaking attention. 
The business was founded about a quarter of a century 
or so ago by Mr. C. W. Richardson, the senior partner of 
the present firm, which was formed is 1888 and consists 
of Messrs. C. W. Richardson, R. W. Walker, and C. D. 
Richardson, all of whom are Portland men by birth and 
need no extended personal mention here. 



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LEIGHTOX'S EXPRESS, Saccarappa and 
Porthinel, 190 Federal St. and 97 Cross St., Portland, 
Me. It may seem a very simple and easy thing to run 
an express route successfully, but "things are seldom 
what they seem" in this world, and tliose who have had 
experience in managing an express will readilj- agree 
that the work is by no means so simple as it appears to 
be. There is an immense amount of detail connected 
with it, and even a trivial mistake may easily cause con- 
siderable confusion and delay. But some managers are 
wonderfully successful in avoiding errors of any kind, 
and a notable example of a thoroughly well managed 
express service is afforded by that maintained by Mr. 
Franklin Leighton, between Portland and Saccarappa. 
"Leighton's Express," as it is called, runs daily between 
these places, stopping at intermediate points, and carry- 
ing both passengers and parcels. All commissions in 
the line of buying goods, etc., will be promptly and 
carefully executed, moderate charges being uniformly 
made, and orders from this end of the route may be left 
at Brown's stable, Xo. 100 Federal street, or at 97 Cross 
Street. 




FOREST VVW i VAWMVAW . W Iimi.-;i1,. and 
Retail Dealers in Sweet Cream, Milk Skiiii-.Milli. J'.ulter- 
Milk and Fine Creamer}- Butter, <'liui luil fi'sh every day 
and put uj) in any style to suit the trade, 'relephoue Xo. 
319, Portland, Me. It is unnecessary to dwell upon the 
advantages gained by using pure milk and first-class 
butter, — city people appreciate them even more fully 
than country people do, and the promjit and general 
appreciation of the residents of Portland and vicinity of 
the enterprise conducted by the Forest City Creamery 
aflTords convincing proof of the truth of tlie general im- 
pression that the people of this section know a good 
thing when they see it. The Forest City Creamery was 
incorporated in 1889 with a capital ol S9.000 and with 
Mr. F. W. Powers as president and Mr. M. R. Berry as 
secretary and treasurer. The firm has also Charles B. 
Berry and W. M. Scribner. The company are wholesale 
and retail dealers in dairy products, and during the first 
year they sold 50,000 cans of milk, 120,000 inches of 
cream and more than 30 tons of butter. The present 
year they will nearly double those figures. Now how 
has so extensive a business been built up in so short a 
time? By the simi)le but by no means easy process of 
furnishing strictly first-class goods at bottom figures. 
The company utilize a building containing two floors of 
the dimensions of .'iOxl2.T feet and equipped with a com- 
plete plant of the most efficient dairy madiinery that 
money can buy. Fine creamery butter is diurncd fresh 
every day and put up in any style to suit the trade; and 
Rufllcient assistance is employed to ensure the prompt 
fliling of every order, large or small. Sweet cream, 
milk, sklm-ndlk and butter-milk are furnished in quan- 
tities to suit at moderate ])rlces, and tlie absolute purity 
of all the articles dealt in is positively guaranteed, 'i'lie 
premises are connected by telephone (No. 319), and 
orders sent by that means or by mail are assured as 
prompt and careful attention as those given in peraou. 



KENSELL & TABOR, Shippers of Western 
Grain and Feed, 19S Commercial St., Head of Central 
Wharf, Portland, Me. As it is more than a quarter of a 
century since the firm of Kensell & Tabor was formed 
it seems hardly necessary to state that this is one of the 
representative houses of Portland, especially as it has 
ranked among the largest shippers of Western Grain and 
Feed in Maine for many years. The firm is constituted 
of Messrs. P. W. Kenselland J. W. T^ibor, the former a 
native of Whitefield, Me., and the latter of Pittsburgh, 
N. H. Both these gentlemen give close personal atten- 
tion to the filljng of orders and as employment is given 
to 2 experienced assistants it is not surprising that all 
commissions should be executed at very short notice, 
especially as the premises at Xo. 198 Commercial St., 
head of Central Wharf, are so located and arranged as 
to reduce the work of receiving and shipping goods to a 
minimum, using elevators for storage. Messrs. Kensell 
& Tabor quote the lowest market rates at all times and 
their trade extends throughout this portion of Xew 
England and to part of Canada. They sell only by cargo 
or car load. 

PORTLAND MARINE UNDERWRITERS, 
No 17 Exchange Street, Portland, Me. It was with no 
intention of antagonizing existing interests that this 
association was formed in 1887, but simply for the pur- 
pose of supplementing the facilities at that time 
provided, the announced purpose being to afl'ord 
perfectly secure and reliable marine insurance at as low 
rates as careful and economical management would 
permit, and that purpose has been carried out fully, 
with the natural result of building up a very extensive 
demand for the company's policies. The Portland 
Marine I'nderwriters assume marine risks only, and are 
prepared to issue policies of insurance on hulls, freights 
and cargoes at as low rates as are compatible with true 
insurance. The ottice it at No. 17 Exchange St., and 
Mr. Albert B. Hall, attorney for tlie company, is 
prepared to give any desired information on application. 
That the affairs of the company will be as wiselj- 
administered in the future as they have been in the past 
will be readily believed by those conversant with the 
standing of Portland business men, after an examination 
of the following list of the names of those forming the 
advisory committee: William Eeavitt, Chairman; Seth 
C. Dyer, Fritz IT. Jordan, Henry P. Dewey, Jos. P. 
Thompson, Horace M. Sargent, George Trefetheu. 

SHAW, HAMMOND & CARNEY, Receiv- 
ers of Flour and Wholesale Grocers, Nos. 269 and 271 
Commercial .'^treet, and 2, 4, (J and 8 Cross Street, Port- 
land, Me. The firm of Shaw, Hammond & Carney is 
one of the most prominent wholesale grocery houses in 
Portland and is doubtless at least as w idely known as 
any similar concern in the .State, for the great bulk of 
its trade is out of town, goods being shipped to almost 
everj' town of any importance tliroughout this section of 
the country. From eight to ten traveling men are kept 
on the road, and now as ever this firm stands ready to 
meet all honorable competition in quality, in prices, and 
in the promptness and accuracy with which orders are 
filled. Operations were begun in 18G7, and the present 
proprietors are Mr. Malcom F. Hammond, a native of 
this city, and Mr. Fes.senden V. Carney, who was born 
in Alva, Me., Mr. Shaw having died in 1890. The 
premises made use of are located at Xos. 2il9 and 271 
Commercial St., and Nos. 2, -1, C and 8 Cross St., ami 
contain a very heavy and complete stock of flour and 
staple and fancy groceries. A large branch store at 
Foxcroft, Me., was opened in 1890 with Mr. C. C. 
Nichols as manager, and has proved a decided success. 
The firm employ about 2.") assistants altogether, and 
every order is assured immediate and jiainstaking 
attention. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COM- 
PANY, Peter Mercer, General Agent for the Term 
Department, 1S5 Middle Street, Oxford Building (Room 
11), Portland, Me. One of the most active, enterpris- 
ing, experienced and well-known insurance men in 
Maine is Mr. Peter Mercer, who has been in the insur- 
ance business for the past ten years, and was appointed 
in 1890 general agent of the New York Life Insurance 
Company for the "'Term Department" of their business 
for the Portland district. Mr. Mercer is thoroughly 
well-informed on the subject of life insurance and, what 
is much rarer, has the faculty of making all doubtful 
points clear even to those having "no head for figures," 
so such of our readers as wish reliable information on 
the subject would do well to call at his office. No. 185 
Middle street. Room 11. The New York Life is a pure- 
ly mutual company, having immense cash assets and 
ranking with the first three insurance companies of the 
world in point of magnitude. It issues a variety of 
policies, each clear in its provisions and definite in its 
terms, including the famous 20 year non-forfeiting free 
tontine policies, in sums of from $500 to $IO,00(J with 
premiums payable monthly. Payments from §1 per 
month upwards will be accepted, and this fact taken in 
connection with the nature of the policies fully justifies 
the company's claim to the title of the "Peoples' "Savings 
Bank." It is this department of the business that Jlr. 
Mercer has especial charge of, and he is doing excellent 
work in making the advantages of these policies widely 
known throughout this region. A few good solicitors 
wanted on weekly salary for Portland, Saccarappa and 
Biddeford. 

A. P. MARSH, (Successor to E. Ponce,) 
Dealer in Tobaccos, Cigars, and Smokers' Articles, 
corner Middle and Exchange Sts., Portland, Me. When 
a stranger arrives in a city or town, his first questions are 
of course afl'ected in a great measure by his personal 
habits. Of course he will want a good hotel, but after 
that point is provided for, if he be a smoker, the chances 
are he will want to know where he can get a good cigar. 
Well, if in Portland, no better place can be found than 
the establishment of which Mr. A. P. Marsh is the pro- 
prietor located at the corner of Middle and Exchange 
Sts. This enterprise was founded about 14 years ago, 
by Mr. E. Ponce who was succeeded by the present 
proprietor in 1890. The premises in use are about 800 
feet in size, and employment is given to two competent 
assistants. The business is not confined to the sale of 
cigars alone, but includes all the best brands of tobacco, 
and smokers' articles in general, and both a wholesale 
and retail trade is carried on. All orders are promptly 
attended to, and the prices quoted will be found to be 
uniformly low to both large and small purchasers. 

Rev. B. F. PRITCHARD, Real Estate Mort- 
gage, Note and Loan Broker, 1761 Middle St. corner 
Exchange. Portland, Me. Next in importance to having 
an abundance of ready money is the knowledge of how 
to raise it promptly and to the best advantage, and hence 
we need make no apology for calling the attention of 
our readers to the facilities offered by Rev. B. F. Prit- 
chard, doing business at No. 170^ Middle St., corner of 
Exchange, for this gentleman is a Real Estate Mortgage, 
Note and Loan Broker and is prepared to furnish large 
or small sums at very short notice and at the lowest 
market rates. Mr. Pritchard is a native of Blackstone, 
Mass., but is very generally known in Portland and 
vicinity, having carried on his business here since 1878, 
during which time he has built up an enviable reputation 
in connection with tlie prompt and accurate execution 
of commissions and the exercising of a careful regard 
for the best interests of his clients. Mr. Pritchard en- 
joys very favorable relations with investors and is in a 



position to place mortgages to the best possible advant- 
age, and to negotiate loans at short notice and on the 
most advantageous terms. 

The DES MOINES LOAN AND TRUST CO. 

of Des Moines, Iowa. New England Office: 185 Middle 
St., Portland, Me. T. W. Stanwood, Manager. In spite 
of the fierce attacks which have been made upon Western 
Loans by interested parties and by those reasoning from 
false premises, it still remains a fact that experienced 
and expert investors regard these loans as being fully 
as safe and generally more profitable than any others in 
the market. The large insurance companies and sav- 
ings banks of the East have been dealing in these loans 
for a quarter of a century and to-day prize them more 
highly than ever before. The savings banks of New 
Hampshire alone have about $10,500,000 invested in West- 
ern Mortgage Loans and the bank commissioner of that 
State reports : " We have been unable to discover in all 
there Western Loans any loss thus far to the several 
banks on account of non-payment of either principal or 
interest." Considering that the banks have been invest- 
ing in such loans for the past 30 years a more complete 
demonstration of their security could not be asked for. 
Of course prudence should be exercised in the purchase 
of Western Securities as well as in the buying of Eastern 
property and we can heartily recommend the Des Moines 
Loan aud Trust Company to intending investors for 
during the five years that this corporation has carried 
on operations it has fully proved its claim that the 
investments it oft'ers pay as high rates of interest as 
any of equal character upon the market although it is 
the aim of the management to furnish the best security 
rather than the highest possible rate of interest. The 
company has an authorized capital of $.500,000, $150,000 
of which is paid in, and the business transacted consists 
in loaning money upon farms in Iowa, and city property 
in Des Moines, and selling the mortgages thus obtained. 
County, School and Municipal Bonds are also bought 
and sold. Time Deposits received, and Debenture Bonds 
issued. Lack of space prevents our going into details 
concerning the property upon which money is loaned, 
etc., but a 34 page pamphlet issued by the company 
gives full information and will be sent on application to 
the New England office. No. 1S5 Middle St., of which 
Mr. T. W. Stanwood is manager. This gentleman is a 
native of Brunswick, Me., is widely known in Maine, 
New Hampshire and Vermont, as a member of the firm 
of Morgan, Butler & Co., wholesale clothing, Portland, 
and later with James Rothwell & Co., Boston. A limited 
amount of the capital stock of the company is offered 
paying 8 per cent., 4 per cent. Jan. and July, all mort- 
gages are guaranteed by the company, coupons and 
bonds payable at Chemical National Bank N. Y., or at 
New England Office, Room 5, and will cheerfully give any 
special information desired concerning the methods and 
standing of the company he represents. In this connec- 
tion the following testimonial will prove of interest : 

Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 14, 1890. 
To Whom it May Concern : 

We cordially recommend the Des Moines Loan & Trust Company 
of this city as a reliable and responsible medium throuj<h which to 
make investments. Its officers are men of wide business experience 
aud high standing in the community and the confidence reposed in 
them is a guarantee that the affairs of tlie Company will be prudently 
and carefully managed and all money placed in their hands safely 
and surely invested. In their Secretary aud Treasurer, W. H. Har- 
wood, we recognize a man of strict integrity and business ability, 
and one, who in a high degree, merits whatever confidence may be 
placed in him. 

Amos W. Brandt, County Auditor. 

Geo. C. Sims, County Recorder. 

F. A. Baylies, Coun^ Treasurer. 

W. F. Conrad, Judge of Judicial District, Iowa. 

W. O. Waldron, Deputy County Auditor. 

C. H. DiLWoRTH. Deputy County Treasurer. 

E. J. BovNTON. Deputy Cjunty Treasurer. 
Statements of the financial standing of the Company and Eastern 
references will be furnished upon applicatioii. 



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CEANDALL, YOEK & COMSTOCK, Manu- 
lacturers of Carriages and Sleighs, also Sign Painting, 
Horse Shoeing a Specialty, Xo. 31 Green Street, Fort- 
land, Me. — The business carried on by Messrs. Crandall, 
York & Comstock, was founded a long time ago and in 
1887 came into the posessiou of Messrs. Crandall, York 
& Smith, who were succeeded in 188;> by Messrs. Cran- 
dall & York, who gave place to the present firm in 1890. 
The partners are Messrs. II. 11. Crandall, .J. A. York 
and II. A. Comstock, all of whom are Maine men by 
birth. The concern are manufacturers of carriages and 
sleighs, and also sign painters, horse shoers and general 
jobbers, they being prepared to do job work of all kinds 
at short notice and at positively bottom prices. The 
premises made use of comprise three spacious floors, lo- 
cated at Xo. .31 Green street, and fitted up with all nec- 
essary facilities to enable ojierations to be carried on to 
the best advantage. A leading specialty is made of horse 
shoeing and such work is done in the most scientific 
manner and at very short notice, emi)loyment being 
given to three to six assistants. An extensive patron- 
age is enjoyed and it is steadily increasing as no trouble 
is spared to thoroughly satisfy every customer. 

W. T. SMITH, Dealer in Groceries and Pro- 
visioDB, Fine Teas, Coflees and Spices, Xo. 907 Congress 
Street, Portland, Me. Telephone connection. — There are 
a great many grocery and provision stores in Portland and 
taken as a whole they are excellently managed, comparing 
favorably in this respect with those located in any other 
city, but in spite of the high average of excellence, it is a 
fact that some of them are more worthy of support than 
others, for reasons which it is unnecessary to give here in 
detail. For instance every old resident of this sectioH 
■would pick out the establishment conducted by Mr. W. T. 
Smith as being deserving of the most hearty patronage, 
and the stranger who would place orders here would 
soon agree that he had been well advised when directed 
to do so. Mr. \y. T. .Smith, who is a native of Bruns- 
wick, Maine, became proprietor of the store in question 
in 1890, succeeding the firm of .Smith & Crook. The 
lAsiness was formerly conducted by Webb & Kelsey. 
Mr. Smith has fully sustained the reputation then se- 
cured, and he is becoming personally known as an enter- 
prising and honorable business man. The premises 
made use of contain about 1000 feet in dimensions. 
Thiee competent assistants are employed, thus secur- 
ing careful attention to the many details of tlie business. 
Orders are called for and goods delivered to all parts of 
the city. Telephone connection. 

P. E. OSGOOD, Carriage and Sleigh Painter, 
No. 69 Oak Street, Portland, Maine. This enterprise 
was formerly conducted by Mr. Green, the present pro- 
prietor, Mr. Osgood, assuming control in 1889. He is a 
native of Gray, Maine, and is so generally well known 
in this vicinity that extended personal mention is un- 
necessary. The premises occupied for this business 
consist of two floors, each 2.5x7.5 feet in dimensions, 
where he has every facility at hand for painting car- 
riages and sleighs in the most approved manner and at 
reasonable rates. He employs flveconi])etent assistants, 
and is in a position to fill orders at short notice when 
desired, using selected stock, employing skilled work- 
men, and giving careful supervision to the many details 
of his business, it is but natural that Mr. Osgood should 
turn out work fully equal to the best. Poor painting, 
especially poor carriage or sleigh painting, is neither 
useful, durable nor ornamental, and both trouble and 
money may be saved by placing orders for anything in 
this line with Mr. Osgood, for he is thoroughly com- 
petent as a painter and an lionorable business man. He 
also deals in new and second hand carriages and sleighs, 
on which he quotes bottom prices. 



EUMFORD FALLS POWEE COMPAXY. 

■390 Congress St.. Portland, Me. As valuable as the 
water powers of Maine have been in the past and are at 
present, there is every reason to believe that the benefit 
derived from them thus far is but an earnest of what 
may be expected in the near future. What has made 
Pennsylvania tlie center of the great iron manufactur- 
ing of the past, and is now developing and making the 
new South so attractive and successful, is the near 
proximity of the raw materials, in the shape of iron 
ores and coal to the manufacturers. Maine possesses an 
equally advantageous positien, in every respect, by 
having within her possession great water powers, and 
very large tracks of timber lands; the two great raw 
materials required to-day in the manufacturing of paper, 
and she is destined to be the great paper and pulp pro- 
ducing state of the Union, when the process of trans- 
mitting power by electricity shall have been still fur- 
ther perfected; no ordinarily well-informed person need 
be told that the necessity of locating mills and factories 
as near as possible to the source of water power has 
prevented many extensive privileges from being im- 
proved and utilized, and now that the entire practibility 
of transmitting thousands of horse power for miles if 
necessary has been demonstrated (as it has for instance 
bj- the operators' of the West End Street Railway Com- 
pany of Boston), our Maine water powers are sure to 
come into greater prominence than ever before. Among 
the many valuable privileges in the State, those con- 
trolled by the Kumford Falls Power Company, deserve 
very prominent mention, for they comprise the entire 
water power at Rumford Falls, which is the largest 
water power in Xew England, is very perfectly control- 
led and is exceptionally reliable. The Company was 
incorporated in 1890 W'ith a capital of S2.5(l,000; Mr. 
George X. Fletcher being President and Mr. Hugh J. 
Chisholm, Treasurer and Manager, and these gentlemen 
being associated with others equally well and favorably 
known in business circles. The oflice is at 390 Congress 
St., and manufacturers seeking an eligible location for 
the manufacturing of pulp or paper, as well as all others 
interested in cheap and dependable power would do 
well to communicate with this representative and enter- 
prising corporation. 



J. L. EICE, (Successor to Eice Bros.) Dealer 
in Groceries, Provisions, Canned Goods, Hardware, 
Wooden Ware, Crockery, etc., .Junction of Congress and 
Portland Streets, Portland, Me. — .Some genius or other 
has remarked, that "some proprietors run their stores, 
while some stores run their proprietors,"' and, whoever 
he was, no intelligent person can question his soundness 
on that subject, at least. System and order will accom- 
plish a great deal, and when these are joined to experi- 
ence as is the case at the cst.iblisliment conducted by 
J. L. Rice success is assured. This business was estab- 
lished in 1884, by Rice Brothers, who were succeeded 
some ihree years later by the present proprietor, Mr. J. 
L. Rice, wlio is a native of Portland, and highly es- 
teemed throughout the vicinity. The premises occupied 
are located at the junction of Congress and Portland 
streets, and is 40x70 feet in dimensions. As this gentle- 
man has been engaged for about seven years in the retail 
grocerj' trade, it would indeed be strange if he was not 
able to oflcr his customers special advantages in many 
directions by this time. The stock which he carries is 
very large and varied, and consists not only of staple 
and fancy groceries, provisions and canned goods, but 
also includes hardware, wooden ware, crockerj', etc. 
Employment is given to six competent and iiolite assist- 
ants, and particular eflbrt Is made to serve all customers 
with promptness and cordiality. While all tlie goods 
are flrs^class, their prices will be found moderate, and 
the high reputation of this establishment for lionorable 
dealing is well merited. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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CHAS. J. WALKER & CO., Wholesale Boots, 
Shoes, I'ubbers, Leather and Harness. No. 157, 159 and 
161 Middle St., Portland, Me. The firm name " Chas. 
J. Walker & Co.," has been prominently identified with 
Portland's commercial history for just about a third of a 
century, for it was a little more than 33 years ago that 
Mr. Charles J. Walker began operations under that style 
and it has been continued without interruption ever since 
1858, although many changes have taken place during 
that time in the membership of the firm. The present 
proprietors are Messrs. Charles J. Walker, William P. 
Osborne and Frank L. Berry, the two latter gentlemen 
having entered tiie firm in 1889. All are natives of 
Maine, Mr. Walker having been born in Soutli Paris, Mr. 
Osborne in Portland, and Mr. Berry in Georgetown. The 
firm do a heavy wholesale business in boots, shoes, 
rubbers, leather and harness, and utilize correspondingly 
spacious premises, these being located at Nos. 157, 159 
and IGl Middle St., and comprising four floors and a 
basement, of the dimensions of 55x100 feet. The trade 
is by no means confined to this section or even to this 
State, but extends throughout Maine, New Hampshire 
and Vermont, while certain of the concern's specialties 
are in brisk demand in the West. The employment of 
20 assistants and the careful supervision given every 
department of the business assures the prompt and 
accurate filling of all orders, and it is obvious that so 
old-established a house must be widely and favorably 
known to manufacturers, and excellently prepared to 
meet all honorable competition by quoting the lowest 
market rates on standard goods. 

SARGEJfT, LORD & SKILLIN, Wholesale 
and Retail Dealers in Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Fisher- 
men's Outfits and Fishing Supplies. Importers of the 
Celebrated Scotch Hooks. No. 8 and 12 Commercial 
Wharf, Portland, Me. The house of Sargent, liOrd & 
Skillin, wholesale and retail dealers in ship chandlery, 
groceries, fishermen's outfits and fishing supplies, at 
Nos. 8 and 12 Commercial Wharf, is of comparatively 
recent origin, having been established in 1878, but it 
holds a leading position in its line of business, and the 
enterprise it carries on is one of the oldest of the kind in 
the city, it having been founded about half a century ago 
by Micah Sampson. In 1871 it came into the hands of 
Messrs. Sargent, Lord & Co., who were succeeded by 
the present firm, consisting of Messrs. H. M. Sargent, 
a native of Portland, O. L. Lord, a native of Skowhegan, 
and E. J. Skillin, a native of Gray. Up to 1878 the 
business was confined to the handling of ship chandlery, 
but groceries, fishermen's outfits and fishing supplies 
were then added. This concern are the sole importers 
(In Maine) of the famous " Scotch hooks,'' conceded to 
be the most reliable hooks in the market. The stock of 
fishermen's supplies is exceptionally complete, and the 
many regular customers of this firm afford the best 
possible proof that both the goods and the prices are 
thoroughly satisfactory. The assortment of ship 
chandlery and groceries is also large, and carefully 
chosen, and sufficient assistance is employed to ensure 
the prompt and accurate filling of all orders, large and 
small. 

A. D. MORSE, Successor to Morse & Fickett, 
dealer in Coal, Hard and Soft Wood, Oak and Pine 
Edgings, No. 23 Plum St, Portland, Me. Wood sawed 
to order. The undertaking conducted by Mr. A. D. 
Morse, is worthy of especially prominent mention, by 
reason of the fact that it was one of the pioneers in its 
special line of business in the town, it being one of the 
oldest Coal and Wood yards, but it even such were not 
the case the standing of the gentleman, now carrying it 
on and the magnitude of his operations would demand 
that favorable reference be made to the enterprise in 
this review of Portland's Commerce and Manutactures. 



The original proprietors were Messrs. Morse & Fickett 
who were succeeded by the present proprietor in 1889, 
he being a native of Rockland, Me., a very large busi- 
ness is done in Coal, Hard and Soft Wood, Oak and 
Pine Edgings. Wood being sawed to order and a large 
stock is carried their being storage room for some 500 
cords of wood. Their being two depots, one at No. 23 
Plum St., and a branch at No. 57 Braekett St., employ- 
ment is given to from seven to ten assistants and all 
orders left are assured immediate and painstaking at- 
tention, it being unnecessary to add that Mr. Morse is 
prepared to quote bottom prices. 

RUMERY, BIRNIE & Co., Manufacturers 
and Commission Dealers in all kinds of Lumber, 
Shingles, Clapboards, Laths, &c., 458-462 Commercial 
Street, State Street Wharf. Portland, Maine. A house 
having such extensive facilities as are enjoyed by 
Messrs. Rumery, Birnie & Co., should be in a position 
to meet all honorable competition both as regards the 
ability to fill the heaviest orders at short notice and to 
quote the lowest market rates on all the commodities 
dealt in, and that such in fact is the case with the firm 
mentioned is known to all at all familiar with Portland's 
representative concerns and is shown by the magnitude 
of the firm's operations and the leading place it holds in 
the lumber trade of the State. Messrs. Rumery, Birnie 
& Co. are manufacturers of and commission dealers in 
all kinds of lumber, shingles, clapboards, laths, etc., and 
utilizing the whole of State St. Wharf, Nos. 458-402 
Commercial Street. A heavy and varied stock is carried 
and both wholesale and retail orders can be filled at very 
short notice, special attention being paid however to 
supplying car-load lots directly from the mills, and ex- 
ceptionally low rates being made on goods so delivered. 
The business was founded in 1881, and the firm was 
originally constituted of Messrs. Jerome Rumery, David 
Birnie and S. W. Thompson, but Messrs. Rumery and 
Birnie are now sole proprietors. The former is a native 
of New Hampshire and the latter of Scotland. Mr. 
Rumery has been connected with the Portland City 
Government as councilman, and Mr. Birnie is one of the 
present aldermen, and both rank with our best-known 
and most enterprising business men. 

GEO. ROSE & SON, West End Livery, Board- 
ing, Baiting Sale and Exchange Stable, 307 and 309 St. 
John St., near Union Station, Portland, Me. We have 
no doubt but what it would surprise the large majority 
of our readers to learn how heavy a sum of money is 
expended for horse hire per year in Portland alone, and 
yet it is obvious that the amount must be very consider- 
able, for there are many liverj', boarding and sales 
stables in this city, and the cost of carrying these on 
must aggregate a very large sum. Generally speaking, 
the money spent in horse hire is well invested, for it is 
apt to yield a big dividend of pleasure and health, and 
it would unquestionably be better for the community as 
a whole if much more were expended in this direction. 
One of the best known stables in this vicinity is that 
carried on by Messrs. Geo. Rose & Son at No. 307 and 
309 St. John street, near LTnion Station. This well 
known livery, boarding, baiting, sale and exchange 
stable was originally founded in 1865 by the senior 
partner, the present firm having been formed in 1881. 
The proprietors, Mr. George Rose and his son, Mr. 
Charles Rose, give close personal attention to the filling 
of orders, while employing suflicient assistants to enable 
them to execute all commissions at short notice, fur- 
nishing desirable and safe teams, single and double, at 
uniformly moderate prices. Horses will be taken to 
board at a reasonable charge, and are sure of comforta- 
ble accommodations and satisfactory food and care. 
Horses are also sold or exchanged on very reasonable 
terms. 



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I'A.'riiOiXriajEJ MOIVIK lAriDTJSTie^^. 



Very few citizens of Portland are aware that 



LORINC, SHORT Ik, HARMON 



Have one of tlie Largest 



:BrvA.iv:K: :book: 



Manufactories in Xew England. 



They are also numbered among the LAEnEST Jobbehs of 



BOOKS, STATIONERY AND PAPER HANGINGS, 

In tiie Country. Their premises are situated in tlie 

Iva^n^caster* l^looli;, ^T-^ Conger-ess* JStrt^et, 

And they occupy Four Floors, 40x100 feet, and employ fifty hands. 
Those who are strangers are asked to call. Estimates on all kinds of work in their line cheerfully given. 

LORING, SHORT 4& HARMON. 



JOHX W. PERKINS & CO., Wholesale 
Druggists and Dealers in Paints, Oils and Dye Stuffs, 
94 and 90 Conmiercial St. and 2 and 4 Custom House 
Wharf, Portland, Me. John W. Perkins, Benj. A. Per- 
kins, J. Henry Crockett. Among the wholesale drug 
houses of Portland not one occupies a higher position 
than that of .John W. Perkins & Co., and indeed in all 
New England there is not a Arm of jobbing and manu- 
facturing druggists who enjoy a better reputation 
throughout Maine, Xew Hampshire, Vermont and the 
provinces as a reliable jobbing house who make a 
sjincialiy of furnishing a superior quality of drugs, med- 
icines, preparations, etc., regarding which they might 
well adopt the motto "Not how cheap, but how good." 
They have long enjoyed an extensive jobbing trade in 
the Held above named, and are better prepared than ever 
to sustain their time honored reputation. This business 
was founded in 1S.")3 by Messrs. Perkins & Tltcomb, and 
the present tirm name was adopted in 18.").i, the partners 
then being Messrs. John W. and lienjamin A. Perkins. 
Mr. J. A. Titcomb entered in 1SG.3 and retired in 1868, 
and the firm is now composed of Messrs. J. W, & B. A. 
Perkins, both natives of Weld, Maine, and Mr. J. Henry 
Crockett, a native of Norway, Maine. Mr. Crockett 
entered the firm in 1869, and has been prominent in 
public as well as in business life. He was connected 
with the city government several years, and has served 
as president of the Common Council. The firm utilize 
very spacious premises at Nos. 94 and 90 Commercial 
St. and Nos. 2 and 4 Custom House Wharf, and carrj' a 
very heavy stock comprising not only drugs, medicines, 
eiiemicals, proprietary remedies and druggists' sundries 
but also paints, oils and dye stuffs of every description. 
They are prepared to furnish nny or all of these com- 
modities in the verj- largest (juantities without delay, 
employment being given to 24 assistants. No m.'inu- 
facturing druggists' preparations are considered more 
absolutely and uniformly reliable, and this is the legiti- 
mate result of the policy pursued by this rei)resentative 
house, for they take gre.at care to use the purest <lriigs 
and employ the highest skill and the most improved 
facilities in their inarii|iulation. Their list of standard 
pharmaceutical pri'parations is very complete and is 
constantly being added lo, for the firm are progressive 
as well as reliable and new preparations that have 
proved their value and been endorsed by the medical 



profession are at once manufactured .ind kept in stock. 
Samples are furnished to any physician or druggist who 
will give them a fair trial, and the numt>cr of physicians 
■who specify "Perkins"'" when prescribing standard 
preparations is significant evidence of the result of such 
trial. It has long been a conceded fact among the 
trade that no concern in the state furnishes more relia- 
ble goods of standard merit and fills orders more ac- 
curately and satisfactorily in everj' respect. 

RANDALL & McALLISTER, Autliracite aiul 
Bituminous Coal by the Cargo and at IJetail. Carloads 
a Specialty. Offices 7G Commercial and 70 Exchange 
Street, Portland, Me. The present year witnesses the 
tliirtieth anniversary of the representative enter|)rise 
carried on under the firm-name of Randall it McAllister, 
and it is peculiarly fitting therefore that prominent 
mention should be made of this undertaking, which is 
not only unsurpassed in its special line but in some 
important respects is unequalled. A house dealing in 
so bulky a commodity as coal must control exceptionally 
favorable facilities for reception and delivery if it is to 
gain a commanding position in the trade, and those ' 
controlled by Messrs. Randall & McAllister are conceded 
to rank second to none iu the State, whether as regards 
magnitude or completeness ; coal being loaded and un- 
loaded directly from cars and vessels, and there being 
sufficient storage capacity to accommodate 20,000 tons. 
A specialty is made of filling orders for car loads and 
cargo lots, but a very extensive retail trade is also 
carried on and every order is assured prompt and careful 
attention, employment being given to from 50 to I't 
hands, and the business being so thoroughly systemized 
that mistakes or delays iu the delivery of orders are of 
very infrequent occurrence. Offices are maintained at 
No." 70 Commercial St. and No. 70 Exchange St., and 
orders by mail or messenger receive as prompt and 
careful attention as those given in person. This 
business was founded by Messrs. Handall & McAllister 
in ISfil and was conducted witliout change in ownership 
for 21 years. Mr. McAllister retiring in 1S82. Since that 
date Mr. J. F. Kandall has been sole proprietor. He isu 
native of Freeport, Maine, and at one time was connected 
witli the Portland City Council, but his business 
demands so much attention that he has been obliged to 
give his whole time to it of late j'cars. 



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E. J. MOERELL, Circulating Library, Fruit, 
Confectionery and Toys, 245 Congress Street, Portland, 
Me. — It would be hard to And a man more generally 
known in this community than he whose card is printed 
above, for if even there were no other reason, the fact 
of his maintaining a circulating library would make him 
a person well known. But as an enterprising and suc- 
cessful business man, Mr. E. J. Morrell is widely 
known ; and there are but few residing in this vicinity 
who think of obtaining anything in the line of books, 
fruit, confectionery, toys, etc., elsewhere than at his es- 
tablishment. The reason is not hard to guess. His es- 
tablishment is located at No. 245 Congress street, and 
his stock is always found to contain the most desirable 
goods. In the line of fruit, confectionery, cigars and 
tobacco, a choice assortment is carried in stock, and 
those wishing anything of this kind should remember 
that Mr. Morrell is prepared to supply their wants at 
very low rates. Mr. Morrell's principal business is buy- 
ing, selling and improving real estate in Portland and 
vicinitj'. He is also interested in a freestone quarry, in 
the eastern part of Maine, which was started in 1890. 
Mr. Morrell is a native of Robbinston, Me., and served 
in the army during the late war. Mr. Morrell has ca- 
tered to the residents of Portland since 1883, and as we 
have before stated is very well known among his most 
enterprising and successful business men. 

ANDROSCOGGIN PULP CO., Manufacturers 
of Wood Pulp and Pulp Boards, Treasurer's Office, 390 
Congress St., Cor. Exchange, E. B. Denison, Treasurer, 
Portland, Me. The Androscoggin Pulp Co. may prop- 
erly be regarded as one of the pioneers in the manu- 
facture of wood pulp in this state, for, although the 
company is but about 20 years of age, (having been in- 
corporated in 1870) it was among the earliest to be 
organized in Maine to carry on an industry which has 
since become one of the most important in the country, 
and its record has done much to bring about the forma- 
tion of other enterprises which have proved of great 
value to the country in general and to this state in 
particular. The Androscoggin Pulp Company has a 
capital of §100,000, and operates a well-equippecl mill at 
Brunswick, Maine, employing 40 assistants and produc- 
ing about 5 tons of pulp per day. Both pulp and pulp 
boards are manufactured, and the product is readily 
disposed of, its uniform merit being generally known. 
The president, Mr. AVilliam A. Russell, is a resident of 
Boston, Mass., and the treasurer, Mr. E. B. Denison, 
has an office in this city at No. 390 Congress street. 

OTIS FALLS PULP COMPANY, 390 Con- 
gress St., Portland, Me. The Otis Falls Pulp Company 
may fairly be called a Portland concern, for although 
its mills are located at Livermore Falls, Maine, its office 
is in this city, and the majority of those identified with 
the enterprise are prominent Portland business men. 
The president, Mr. Charles A. Brown, is treasurer of 
the Sebago Wood Board Company, and is prominent in 
various other important undertakings, and the treasurer, 
Mr. Hugh J. Chisholm, is president of the Umbagog 
Pulp Co., treasurer of the Rumford Falls Power Co., 
and in short actively interested in the development of 
the state's resources. The Otis Falls Pulp Company 
was incorporated in 1887 with a capital of .$150,000, and 
operates one of the most extensive and complete plants 
in the country for the manufacture of what is technical- 
ly known as mechanical wood pulp, to distinguish it 
from that made with the aid of chemicals. The mills 
have sufficient capacity to turn out some 30 tons of dry 
pulp per day, and the enterprise affords employment to 
from 75 to 100 hands. The office of the company is at 
No 390 Congress St., Portland, where all orders and 
communications should be addressed. 



SOMERS BROTHERS, Hatters and Furriers, 
No. 459 Congress Street, Portland, Me. It is an 
excellent rule to buy direct from the manufacturers 
whenever possible, and it is not only possible but easy 
for the residents of Portland and vicinity to buy hats 
and furs from the manufactures, for Messrs. Somers 
Brothers are makers of as well as dealers in hats and 
furs, and their store is so conveniently located at No. 
459 Congress St., that there is no excuse for not at least 
investigating the advantages they offer. The firm was 
formed in 1886, and is constituted of Messrs. P. A. and 
S. E. Somers, both of whom are natives of this city and 
are widely known here in social as well as in business 
circles. Spacious and well-appointed premises are 
occupied, and the stock on hand includes not only a 
carefully chosen assortment of hats, but also furs, 
gloves and gentlemen's furnishings of all kinds. Par- 
ticular attention is paid to the repairing and altering of 
furs, ladies' and gentlemen's fur garments being made 
over in accordance with the latest style at short notice. 
Moderate prices are quoted in every department of the 
business, and we are confident that those having deal- 
ings with this house will have reason to thank us for 
calling attention to their facilities. 

BENJAMIN SHAW, Real Estate & Fire In- 
surance Agent, 51} Exchange St., Portland. Undoubted- 
ly the most convenient, expeditious, and generally satis- 
factory course to pursue when wishing to buy, sell, ex- 
change, rent or lease real estate is to take advantage of 
the facilities offered by some established well-known 
and responsible agent, and so far as property in Port- 
land and vicinity is concerned no better choice can be 
made than of those offered by Mr. Benjamin Shaw, for 
he is very widely and favorably known among real estate 
owners and the community in general, and one may 
always find upon his books a large selection of desirable 
city and suburban property. Mr. Shaw is a native of 
Portland, and has been identified with his present enter- 
prise some ten years having founded it in 1880. Beside 
dealing extensively in real est.ate he is quite actively en- 
gaged in the insurance business, being agent for the 
American Fire Insurance Co., of New York, and being 
prepared to issue policies at the lowest rates obtainable 
in connection with insurance of the highest type pro- 
vided. His office is at No. 511 Exchange St., and detailed 
information may readily be obtained on application in 
person or by mail. 

PETER S. NICKERSON, (successor to J. 
Nickerson & Son), Ship Broker and Commission Mer- 
chant, 203 Commercial St., Portland, Me. Notary Pub- 
lic. Mr. Peter S. Nickerson is one of the most widely 
known of our Portland business men, his extensive 
acquaintance being not due entirely to his connection 
with one of the oldest established and most honored com- 
mercial enterprises in the city, as a large proportion of it 
is the result of his prominence in the Odd Fellow and 
Masonic fraternities, he being a thirty-second degree 
Mason and a trustee in the Odd Fellows. Mr. Nicker- 
son carries on business as a ship broker and commission 
merchant the enterprise with which he is identified 
having been founded by Mr. J. Nickerson in 1867. 
Seven years later Mr. Peter S. Nickerson was taken into 
partnership and the firm-name of J. Nickerson & Son 
adopted, and in 1888 the present proprietor assumed sole 
control. He is prepared to buy and sell vessels on com- 
mission, effect marine insurance on both vessels and 
cargoes in standard companies at the lowest prevailing 
rates, and give prompt and careful attention to all com- 
missions coming under the head of ship broking, his 
relation with the business world being such as to enable 
him to offer a service unsurpassed for promptness, reli- 
ability and general efficiency. 



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W. W. Brown, President. 

J. W. Parker, Vice-President. 



TuOMAS Edwards, Treasurer. 
H. J. Brown, Supt. at Mills. 



BERLIN MILLS COMPANY, 

Manufacturers and Wiiolesale Dealers in 



S p r TJL c e ^f 



■cLmloer, 



Clapboards, Shingles, Laths, Pickets, and Ground Wood Spruce Pulp. 



GODDY & KENT, Baker.s and Manufactur- 
ing Confectioners. Ivent'.s Superior Pilot Bread a 
Specialty, Salesroom and Factory Cor. Pearl and Milk 
Sts. and Cor. Fore and Vine Sts., Portland, Me. If we 
had several pages of this book at our disposal we might 
be able to give an adequate description of the immense 
establishment conducted by Messrs. Goudy & Kent ; as 
it is we can present but a few of the more important 
facts concerning it and the great business with which it 
is identified, and one of the most noteworthy facts bear- 
ing upon tlie business is that it has practically been 
built up in about ten years, although in one sense it may 
be said to have been founded nearly a hundred years 
ago, when a Mr. Bradish built a bakery on the site now 
occupied by that of Messrs. Goudy & l\ent. The busi- 
ness was continued by the Bradish family through 
several generations and finally came under the control 
of Pearson & .Smith, who were succeeded by Vf . C. 
Cobb and he by W. C. Cobb & Co. This was" in 1881, 
and the "company" of the concern was Mr. Lewis A. 
Goudy, who assumed sole control in 1882 and retained 
it until 1880, when he became associated with Mr. 
Edward W. Kent, thus forming the firm of Goudy & 
Kent. Mr. Kent had been associated with Mr. I{euben 
Kent under the firm name of ]{. Kent & Son in the man- 
ufacture of "Kent's .Superior Pilot Bread," famous then 
as now all over the country. This business had been in 
existence half a century when it was consolidated with 
that carried on by Mr. Goudy, and the results of the 
union have been so many and inii)ortant that the house 
has for gome years done more business than any other 
concern in a similar line of trade east of Boston. In the 
early part of 1891 Mr. Goudy purchased Mr. Kent's in- 
terest and again became sole proprietor but continued 
the business under the old firm name of Goudy & Kent, 
lliey are bakers and manufacturing confectioners, and 
altlioiiKli the manufacture of confectiouerj' is a compar- 
ativily rricMl .addition to the enterprise (it liaving been 
begun in ISSC), it already rivals the baking dei>artraent 
of the business, the sales of confectionery in Maine alone 
the past year amounting to 1(10, (KMl His. or .50 tons. The 
firm made a leading specialty of "Kent's Superior Pilot 
Bread" but manufacture a full line of plain and fancy 
crackers, as well as immense quantities of biscuits and 
pastry. The appropriate trade mark "Dirigo"" is con- 
trolled by this representative house and their motto is 
"Purity," the latter being something more than a 
liretty sentiment, as tliose conversant with the firm's 
methods will testify, for no trouble or expense is spared 
to obtain the best and purest materi.ils and work them 
up in the cleanest and most scientific manner, the result 
being that Messrs. Goudy & Kent's j)roductions are ac- 
ceptc'il as the standard wherever introduced. Their 
salcsidoms and factory are at the corner of Pearl and 
.Mills and corner of Fore and Main streets, the premises 
being immense in extent and fitted up with the most 
improved facilities. The bakery is fire proof, contains 



over 100 electric lights besides ample gas fixtures, is 
heated by steam and contains three elevators, besides a 
"cracker" elevator which takes crackers directly from 
the oven to the packing room, and is the only one of the 
liind in Maine. Some idea of tlie magnitude of the 
business is afforded by the fact that the steam sifter 
sifts two barrels of flour per minute, while there are 
two ovens which bake 50 barrels of fiour in ten hours, 
besides various ovens of less capacity. Employment Is 
given to 100 assistants, and so thoroughly is the great 
business systemized that all orders are assured prompt 
and careful attention. Mr. Goudy is a native of Booth- 
bay, Maine. No firm is doing more to make the name 
of" Portland known to all who appreciate enterprising 
and honorable business methods, and every citizen is 
directly interested in the continued prosperity of this 
representative undertaking. 



0. "WAY & CO., Apothecaries, Cumberland, 
cor. Myrtle St., Portland, lie. Christopher Way. Should 
the various mercantile establishments located in Port- 
land and vicinity be mentioned in the order of their 
comparative usefulness, that conducted by Mr. Christ- 
opher Way would be clearly entitled to a leading posi- 
tion in the list, for on tlie whole no retail establishment 
is more useful than a well managed drug store, and that 
of which Mr. Way is proprietor is well managed in the 
full sense of the term. He is a native of Vermont and 
has carried on his present enterprise since 1870. Mr. 
Way is thoroughly familiar with every detail of his 
business. He employs competent clerks, and as he 
gives personal attention to the filling of orders the ser- 
vice is as reliable as it is prompt and obliging. The 
premises occupied are located on Cumberland St., corner 
of Myrtle St., and a full assortment of drugs, medicines, 
and chemicals is constantly carried, enabling physicians' 
prescriptions to be compounde<i without delay. Every 
facility is at hand to ensure absolute accuracy in every 
detail of this department of the business, and the ingre- 
dients used are obtained from the most reliable sources 
and may be depended upon for freshness and purity. 
Uniformly moderate charges are made and no trouble is 
spared to fully maintain the high reputation so long 
held in connection with this service. Messrs. C. Way 
& Co. deal in toilet articles, druggists' sundries and 
other goods usually found in a first-class pharmacy, and 
quotes the lowest market rates on all commodities 
handled. The following are the sjiecialtles dealt in : 
Newell's Mixtvire, for the relief of Hheumatism and 
Neuralgia. After an extended trial by i)hysiclans, this 
mixture has been found to give great relief in the follow- 
ing cases: 1st. Sudden colds with soreness and lameness 
in the muscles of the body. lid. Stillness and tender- 
ness of certain joints with sharp, cutting and darting 
pains. 3d. Neuralgia of the face, with soreness or 
acbtng in jaws or eyes. 4th. Kheumatic or neuralgic 



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pains, associated with impaired appetite, coated or pasty 
tongue, constipation with dull, heavy headache. Price 
fifty cents per bottle. Also makes Compound Syrup of 
Lungwort, which relieves Coughs, especially of long 
standing; Hoarseness, Tickling iu the throat, etc. Price 
tweuty-tive cents per bottle. 



FLETCHER & Co., Wholesale Dealers in 
Groceries, Provisions, and Flour, No. 241 Commercial 
Street, Portland, Me. It is necessary to go back nearly 
60 years to trace the history of the enterprise carried on 
by Messrs. Fletcher & Co.. wholesale dealers in grocer- 
ies, provisions and flour, for it was inaugurated in 1835, 
by Mr. T. C. Hersey, who was succeeded by Messrs. 
Smith & Hersey. In 184:t the firm of Smith, "Hersey & 
Co. was formed, and it was then, or very nearly half a 
century ago, that the present senior partner, Mr. J. H. 
Fletcher, became possessed of an interest in the business. 
The firm name was subsequently changed to Hersey, 
Fletcher & Co., and about a score of years ago the 
present style was adopted. As now constituted, the 
concern is made up of Mr. J. H. Fletcher, a native of 
Westford, Mass., and Messrs. George H. and Harry A. 
Fletcher, who were born iu this city. It is unnecessary 
to speak in detail of the facilities of this representative 
house, for it has so long held a leading position in the 
wholesale grocery, provision and flour business as to be 
almost universally known throughout Maine and New 
Hampshire. Suffice it is to say a very heavy and com- 
plete stock is constantly on hand at the spacious ware- 
rooms. No. 241 Commercial Street, and every order is ' 
assured prompt and careful attention, employment being 
given to about 14 assistants. The trade know that no 
concern is in a position to quote lower prices on 
depmdable goods, and they also know that every article 
bought from Messrs Fletcher & Co., is guaranteed to 
prove precisely as represented in every respect. 



WESTEISTD OYSTER HOUSE, Dining and 
lunch saloon, No. 945 Congress Street, Portland, Me. 
Harlow it Littlefield, proprietors. It is entirely on the 
management of a dining and lunch saloon that the suc- 
cess or failure of the enterprise depends ; and plain and 
obvious as this fact is, it is one that is very frequently 
overlooked and disregarded. A man may have both the 
means and the disposition to run a first-class establish- 
ment of this kind, but if he has not also the peculiar abil- 
ity fitting him for the task, his eftbrts are sure to result 
in dissatisfaction to all concerned. But occasionally an 
undertaking of this nature Is originated bj' one who pos- 
sesses all the necessary qualifications, and when this 
happens the public is to be congratulated, as a first-class 
and liberably conducted dining saloon is clearlj' a public 
benefit. When Messrs. Harlow & Littlefield founded the 
West End Oyster House in ISOO, there were not wanting 
many croakers who prophesied dire and utter failure. 
At the present writing, every day only serves to more 
clearly show the hold the establishment in question has 
on the favor of the public, and it would be strange indeed 
if popular success had not been made, for the proprietors 
have spared no pains to give every patron a full equiva- 
lent tor his money, and have conclusively proved that 
liberality is not incompatible with the highest business 
principles. The gentlemen in question are both natives 
of Maine and are very well known in the citj'. Their 
establishment (the West End Oyster House), located at 
No. 945 Congress Street, is nicely fitted up and can seat 
about forty guests at a time. Four competent assistants 
are employed, p.ntrons being served with the best the 
market aftbrds. Good cooking and first-class materials 
are enough to make any dining or lunch saloon popu- 
lar and heavily patronized and such has certainly been the 
case in the present instance and particular attention is 
paid that every guests is served promptly and at all hours. 



J. P. STEVENS, General Agent for Maine, 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Portland, Me. 
The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company of 
Springfield was organized just 40 years ago, or in 1851, 
and has had an agency in Portland almost from the first, 
it having maintained one here for 35 years. The present 
general agent for Maine. Mr. J. Putnam Stevens, has 
held that position since 1886, and has met with gratify- 
ing success in advancing the interests of the company 
throughout the territory coming within his jurisdiction. 
Mr. Stevens is a native of Winthrop, Me., and is 
extremely well known in social as well as in business 
circles, and as the company he represents appeals to the 
most intelligent and best informed class of people, it is 
natural that it should be exceptionally popular through- 
out this section. Mr. Stevens' office is at No. 40 
Exchange St., and sub-agencies are maintained in all the 
principal cities of the State, so that detailed information 
concerning the methods, offers and resources of the 
company may readily be obtained. Suffice it to say that 
no company is stronger financially, more regardful of 
the interests ( f policy holders, more wiselj' conservative 
in Its methods, and more highly thought of by insurance 
experts and the public in general. These are established 
facts as may readily be ascertained by all who choose to 
investigate the subject. 

B. T. BOURKE, Groceries and Provisions, 
Choice Creamery Butter. Country Produce and Fresh 
Eggs a Specialty. No. 251 Spring Street. Mr. B. T. 
Bourke deals in staple and fancy groceries and provisions 
of all kinds, carrying a carefully chosen stock and 
quoting bottom prices on all the goods handled; but we 
wish to call particular attention to his facilities for 
furnishing choice creamery butter, superior country 
produce and fresh eggs, for it is not very easy to get 
first-class goods of this kind at moderate rates even in 
Portland, although Portland is more favorably situated 
in this respect than are most other cities. Mr. Bourke 
gets his butter, vegetables, fruits and eggs directly from 
the producers and is therefore enabled to quote low 
prices on them as well as to guarantee their freshness. 
Our readers will find it well worth while to favor him 
with a trial order, for the magnitude of the business he 
has built up since beginning operations in 1889 
shows that those who deal with him once are very apt to 
become regular customers. His store is located at No. 
251 Spring St., and every caller may confidently depend 
upon receiving prompt and courteous attention. 



GEO. E. McGLAUFLIN, Painter, Grainer and 
Paper Hanging. Graining a specialty. Also Sign Painting. 
All orders promptly attended to. 68 Pearl St., Portland 
Me. This enterprise has been carried on by Mr. Geo. E. 
McGlauflin since 1889. He is so generally known that 
extended personal mention is hardly necessary. His 
reputation as a Painter and Grainer has become quite 
extensive as he uses only the best materials and employs 
only skilled assistants. Sign Painting promptly attended 
to. He makes a specialty of Graining, and as this branch 
of the business is in great demandjust now, it is desirable 
to know where to obtain the services of one that has a pe- 
culiar taste and faculty for this work. He is prepared to 
undertake House Painting, and I'aper Hanging in all its 
branches, and customers will find this work in each de- 
partment to be thoroughlv done and that it will wear 
well as regards the color. Mr. McGlauflin is a native of 
Pembroke, Maine. He gives employment to three com- 
petent workmen and orders are solicited and attended 
to promptly in the most satisfactory manner, at very 
modern prices. 5Ir. McGlauflin gives his personal 
attention to his business and to the wishes of his custom- 
ers. 



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nWFN MfinRF J& nn «S*S- novelties D.r,„, FURNISHINGS 

UlWUll mUUIIU W UUn j-or jjen, Women and Chiklren. 



505 and 507 Congress St., 



Portland, Maine. 



W. F. MILLIKEX, ( '. S. < lark Mill^, liionip- 
tou Falls, P. Q. Spruce :imi White I'iiie Lumber for 
Export. B. & M. R. R. Wharf. Portland, Me. The 
State of Maine, although greatly favored by nature in 
some respects, owe.s her present prosperity to the fore- 
sight, enterprise, courage and industry of some of her 
sons more than to any other one thing, for her natural 
resources have been utilized and developed almost en- 
tirely by natives and residents instead of by outside 
energy and capital, and hence citizens of Maine have 
excellent reason for the pride thej- take in the record 
and the confidence they have in the future of the Pine 
Tree State. One who has long been and still is very 
prominently identified with the development of this 
section of the Union is Mr. W. F. Milliken, who was 
born in Minot, Maine, and lias been engaged in the 
lumber business in Portland about a quarter of a century. 
He utilizes one-half of the Boston & Maine R. R. Wharf 
and carries on a very extensive trade in Spruce and 
White Pine Lumber for export, handling the productions 
of the C. S. Clark Mills, Brompton Falls, P. Q., and 
also of mills at Ellsworth, Me., controlled by him; his 
f:icilities enabling him to execute the largest commis- 
sions without delay. Mr. Milliken has served as State 
Itepresentatlve but his business interests are too many 
and important to give him time to engage in public life, 
he being a director of various representative corjiorations, 
Mi.t:ibiy the Portland Company, the Maine Steamship 
I oiiipuny, the Portland and "Ogdcnsburg If. R., the 
Piirtland Savings Bank, and the Northern Banking 
('<inipany. AVe need hardly add that Mr. Milliken is one 
of the best-known business men in this portion of New 
Kngland, — so well-known in fact that further personal 
mention is entirely unnecessary. 

CHASE, LEAVITT & CO., Ship Biokeis, 
and Commission Merchants, 107 Commercial St., Port- 
land, Me. The position of the house of Chase, Leavitt 
A- Co., as compared with that of other Portland Ship 
Broking firms is perhaps best illustrated by the fact 
that no one even slightly familiar with that business as 
curried on in this city would consider a review of the 
leading Portland concerns at all complete did it omit 
mention of the concern in question ; while the more 
familiarity the critic had with business affairs here the 
more unaccountable would the omission ai)pear. Oper- 
ations were begun just about thirty years ago by Messrs. 
Littlejohn & Chase, who were succeeded in 1870 by 
Messrs. Charles IL Chase & Co., and they by the present 
concern in 1870. We say " by the present concern " for 
it was then that the existing firm-name was taken but 
changes have occurred in the ownership since that time 
and the present proprietors are Messrs. William Leavitt, 
'I'ewksbury L. Sweat, and William Leavitt, Jr. The 
senior partner is a native of this city, and has long been 
active and inlluential in promoting its interests. Mr. 
Swe.Ht is a native of Brunswick, Me., and is also a pnblic- 
-pirited and progressive num of aflairs, and Mr. William 
Leavitt, .Jr., was born in Portland, lias a large circle of 
friends here, and spares no pains to maintain the en- 
viable reputation of the enterprise with which he is 
iileiitlMed. The firm have an olflce at No. 107 Coninier- 
cial St., and, it seems supcrfiuous to say, offer a service 
unsurpassed for comprehensiveness, reliability, prompt- 
ness, and general efficiency. 



CHARLES E. JOSE & CO., Importers of 
Crockers, China and Glass Ware, Silver Plated Ware and 
Lamp Goods, Nos. 473 Congress and 8, 10 and 12 Preble 
St., Portland, Me. The business carried on by Messrs. 
Charles E. Jose & Co. was founded more than 30 years 
ago and has long been regarded as a leader in its special 
line, whether judged from the standpoint of quantity or 
qualit}', for the annual sales reach a very high figure, 
and a large proportion of the goods disposed of are of 
very high grade. Operations were begun in IS.j'J by 
Mr." Charles E. Jose in Bethel building. Fore St., and 
the " great fire " caused a removal to a store on Middle 
St., from which the business was transferred to the 
present spacious quarters at No. 473 Congress and Nos. 
8, 10 and 12 Preble St., these premises comprising 4 
floors of the dimensions of 33x180 feet. Large as they 
are they are not a bit too large to properly accommo- 
date the immense stock carried, for it is made up of 
crockery, china and glass ware, silver plated ware and 
lamp goods, and is exceptionally complete in every 
department. The firm import many of the goods they 
handle and thus offer many exclusive styles, and are 
prepared to cater satisfactorily to the most fastidious 
trade as well as to hotels, restaurants and the general 
public. Both a wholesale and retail business is done 
and positively bottom prices are quoted to large' and 
small buyers. The firm at one time consisted of Messrs. 
Chas. E.Jose, R. S. Maxcy, J. E. Sawyer and J. C. 
Small, but Mr. Small retired in 1880. All the parties 
are natives of Maine, and are very widely known 
throughout this section in both business and social 
circles. Mr. Jose has served on the City Council, and 
Mr. Maxcy has served as Alderman and .State liepre- 
sentative. The business Is carefully supervised and the 
service is kept at a high standard of efliciency. 



W. L. CARD, Merdiant Tailor, Clothing 
Cleansed, Dyed, Repaired and pressed a Specialty, 
No. 40 Free Street, Portland, Maine. — The establish- 
ment now conducted by Mr. W. L. Car<i was 
originally established by A. A. Davis, and since 
1890 has been under the management of its present 
able proprietor. The premises occupied are located at 
No. 46 Free street, and cover an area of some 1000 square 
feet, and contain a fine assortment of foreign and domes- 
tic woolens, etc., for Mr. Card does an extensive mer- 
chant tailoring business and caters to all tastes, the 
fabrics offered bj' him comprise a full line of staple 
goods as well as the very latest fashionable novelties in 
the I^ondon and New York markets. The proprietor 
gives careful personal attention to the supervi.sion of af- 
fairs and guarantees satisfaction to every customer. He 
employs twelve skilled assistants and spares no pains to 
produce garments equal to the best as regards cut, fit, 
workmanship, durability, etc. Special attention is also 
given to the repairing, pressing, cleansing and dyeing of 
clothing. Mr. Card quotes uniformly moderate prices 
in all branches of his business, and with tin- aid of his 
several competent assistants, is enabled to fill all orders 
at short notice, garments being delivered promptly when 
promised. He is a native of Portland and by his honor- 
able business methods has built up a large and increas- 
ing trade. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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J. B. BROWN & SONS, BANKEPS. 

218 Middle Street, Portland, Maine. — 

Dealers in luvestment Securities. Foreign Exchange bought and sold, and Letters of Credit issued, available in 
all the principal cities of the worid. COLLECTIONS MADE. 



J. A. MERRILL & CO. Jewelers, Watches, 
Jewelry, Military and Society Goods, No. 503 
Congress Street, Portland, Me.— It would seem quite 
superfluous to caution intending buyers of watches, jew- 
elry, etc.. that they should take pains to place their 
orders with reliable houses only, were it not for the fact 
that scarcely a day passes, but what the papers chronicle 
one or more cases where such orders have been placed 
with irresponsible concerns and more or less serious loss 
has been the result. The seductive advertisements of 
"wonderful bargains" in watches, jewelry, etc., induce 
many to neglect the genuine advantages ofiTered by local 
dealers and to spend good money for the inferior or 
worthless trash handled by far-away houses who do a 
mail business exclusively, and have no regular customers, 
but depend for their profits upon the immense per-cent- 
age made on single sales. Common sense ought to tell 
anyone that an old-established firm of high-standing is 
in a position to buy and to sell cheaper than any mush- 
room competitor, but many can't discriminate between 
"goods cheap" and "cheap goods" and so conclude that 
the house naming the lowest prices must of necessity be 
the best to deal with. No establishment in Portland is 
more different from what is commonly known as a "cheap 
store" than is that carried on by Messrs. J. A. Merrill & 
Co. at No. 503 Congress St., and yet no establishment in 
the entire State offers more genuine inducements to pur- 
chasers of watches, Jewelry, military and society goods, 
for the stock is very varied and complete, the styles are 
very correct in every detail, the goods are skilfully 
made from honest material, and the prices are as low as 
can be named on articles of equal merit. This business 
.was formerly located at No. 239 Middle street, and is of 
very long standing, having been founded by Messrs. 
James Appleton, jr., & Co. in 1830. Mr. Merrill began 
with the above firm in 1845 and in 1850 became a partner 
in the concern. In 1851 he became sole proprietor, and 
in 1854 Mr. Henry C. Quimby was admitted to partner- 
ship, Mr. Merrill" resuming sole possession inll850, and in 
1865 became associated with Mr. A. Keith, under the 
present firm name. Employment is given to three as- 
sistants and custom work and repairing are done in first- 
class style and at short notice. 



BURNHAM & Co., Dealers in Ice, 73 Cross 
Street, Portland, Me. Considering how indispensable 
ice is now thought to be, particularly by those residing 
in towns, it seems strange that its general use is by no 
means of long standing, for one need not be very old to 
be able to remember when ice in private houses was 
quite a scarcity, but the advantages gained by its use 
are so manifest that its consumption has increased with 
wonderful rapidity, and experience has proved that ice 
is one of the last things that should be dispensed with in 
warm weather, both on the score of economy and health, 
for it preserves food that would otherwise be wasted, 
and enables meats and other perishable commodities to 
be kept wholesome under the most unfavorable circum- 
stances. To Mr. Royal R. Burnham must be given the 
credit of being the principal pioneer in the ice business 
in Portland, for he was among the first in the field and 
has handled ice for a great many years. He is a native 
of this town and very prominent in business circles. 
Mr. Burnham does both a wholesale and retail business 



in Mount Cutler Mineral Water and Crystal Lake Ice, 
and quotes the lowest prevailing rates to both large and 
small consumers, the delivery service being reliable and 
efficient. This enterprise was started 25 years ago by 
Messrs. Burnham & Leavitt, and afterwards changed 
to Burnham & Dyer. They managed the business until 
1882, when the latter retired, and it has been carried on 
by the present proprietor ever since. 

W. M. STAPLES & Co., Stair Builders, 499 
Fore Street (opposite Delano's Mill), Portland, Maine. 
Posts, Rails and Balusters made to order. It is unfortu- 
nate that the styles of architecture most in vogue in 
this country in the past have been such as to give but) 
little opportunity for the skill of the stair builder to 
display Itself, for some beautiful effects may be obtained 
from properly designed and spacious stairways, as can 
be testified by those fortunate enough to have seen, 
specimens of such work in other countries. But in our 
dwellings, stairways have apparently been considered 
as a necessary evil, and have therefore been made a& 
narrow and mean as possible and poked away in some 
dark corner, where every facility is at hand to tumble 
up and down them. But the general advance in taste 
made by all classes in the United States of late years is 
already having its effect in this matter, and we may now 
hope to have stairways combining beauty with utility. 
Messrs. W. M. Staples & Co., whose establishment is 
located at No. 499 Fore Street (opposite Delano's mill;, 
are among the most experienced and well-known stair 
builders in Portland. They are prepared to undertake 
the building of plain or ornamental stairs at short notice, 
and with a guarantee of satisfaction. Posts, rails and 
balusters are constantly on hand and made to order. 
This establishment was founded in 18G7 by Messrs B. F. 
Libby & Son, who were succeeded by the present firm 
in 1880, the individual members being Mr. W. M. Staples 
and Mr. S. W. Lewis, both of whom are natives of 
Maine. They employ four experienced and intelligent 
assistants, and it will be to the advantage of those 
interested to give them a call. 

HTJNT&VERRILL, Dealers in Groceries and 
Provisions, Flour, Teas, Coffees, etc., 94 and 9G Middle 
Street, Portland, Maine. An establishment which is a 
marked and general favorite among families residing in 
this vicinity is that carried on bv Messrs Hunt & Verrill 
and located at No. 94 and 90 Middle Street. This was 
opened in 1878 by S. F. Hunt, the firm of Hunt & Ver- 
rill being founded in 1888 and has steadily increased in 
popularity until it has attained a leading position among 
other stores of a similar character in this section. The 
premises made use of are of the dimensions of GO' 
by GO feet, and contain a varied stock which bears 
evidence of careful selection in every departe- 
ment. It comprises choice Groceries and Provisions as 
well as Flour, Teas, Coffees, and a fine line of meats, etc. 
This enterprising firm quotes the lowest market rates, 
make it an invariable rule to give every customer full 
value for money received. The partners are S. F. Hunt, 
a native of Troy, Me., and Mr. F. II. Verrill of Cape Eli- 
zabeth Me. They employ three competent assistants 
and spare no pains to keep the service up to the highest 
standard of efficiency. 



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NATIONAL TRADEES BANK, 38 Exchange 
Street, Portland. Me. The popularity of the National 
Traders Bank is due to many causes, so many in fact 
that merely to mention them all would require con- 
siderable space, but sufllce it to say the past of the 
institution has been honorable in the liighest degree; 
the present is fully worthy of the past, and gives every 
reason to form the highest hopes for the future of what 
may without exaggeration be called one of the most 
truly representative and deserving of Portland's banks. 
Business was begun under .State laws in 1S32, and it is 
well worthy of note that although the operations of the 
bank have been very much extended since the acceptance 
of a national charter, the institution has been a corres- 
pondent of the Suffolk National Bank, of Boston, from 
the very first, and has continued an account with the 
Phu-nix National Bank of New York city for an almost 
equally long period, having been a correspondent of that 
Institution since 1S37. This policy of fostering and 
retaining advantageous connections, and at the same 
time being constantly on the alert to form new ones, is 
the secret of the exceptional efficiency of the service 
rendered, and some idea of what its results have been 
may be gained from an examination of the following 
report of the condition of the bank at the close of 
business December 19, 1890: 

RESOURCE.S. 

Loans and discounts S.'>S1,253 03 

U. S. bonds to secure circulation 172,000.00 

Due from approved reserve agents 48.475.18 

Due from other national banks 33,287,09 

Current expenses and taxes paid 4,519.17 

Checks and other cash items 90.00 

Exchanges for clearing house 4,493 42 

Bills of other banks 2,544 00 

Fractional paper currency, nickels and cents 31.74 

Specie 21,560 00 

Ijegal t«nder note-i 1,250.00 

U.S. certificates of deposit for legal tenders 5,633.00 

Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer, (5 per cent of 

circulation) 7,740.00 

Due from U. 8. Treasurer, other that 6 per cent, re- 
demption fund 1,000.00 

Total S8o3,881.63 

LIABILITIES, 

Capital stock paid in $300,000.00 

Surplus fund 60,000 00 

Undivided profits 75,935.78 

National Bank notes outstanding 151..'i00 00 

I>lvi4tends unpaid 290.14 

Individual deposits subject to check 266,156 71 

Total 8853,881.63 

Static of Maine, Cou.nty of Ct'MBEKi.AND, ss. 

I, Edward Gould, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly 
swear that the above statement Is true to the best of mj- knowledge 
and belief. 

EDWARD GOULD, Cashier. 

• • Subscribed aod sworn to before me this 24t h day of 

: „-,, : December, 1890. 

: : CHAS. O. BANCROFT, 

Xotarj- Public, 

Correct attest: 

WM. G. DAVIS, i 

R. O. CONANT. '. Directors. 

CHAS. O. HASKELL, \ 

We will not i)ay our readers the doubtful compliment 
of pointing out "to them the evidences of able and con- 
servative management afl'orded by the above ligures, but 
will simply add that the hank is prepared to receive 
accounts on the most favorable terms, to give immediate 
and painstJiking attention to all business placed in its 
hands, and in short to fully maintain the leading |)Oslrion 
it has held so long. The officers are as follows:— 
Proident, William «^. Davis; Vice-President, I{ichard 
O. fonant; Cashier, Edward Gould; Directors, William 
C. Davis, Richard O. Conant, Charles O. ilaakell, Wm. 
N. Davis. 




WM. H. DUNHAM, Carnage and Sleigh 
Maker. Repairing promptly attended to at reasonable 
prices, 78 Pearl street. It is becoming more and more 
common to have one's carriage or sleigh made to order, 
as gentlemen find by so doing they gain in more ways 
than one, being able to have a vehicle designed to suit 
their ideas and their 
special business 
while if the sled 
odd enough to at- 
tr:ict general atten-/ 
tion, it serves as| 
an admirable adver- 
tisement of their 

establishment. Mr. 

Wm. H. Dunham ig a carriage and sleigh maker, :ind 
will take orders for anything in his line, lie is jire- 
pared to guarantee satisfaction to all who may favor 
him with their patronage. Repairing of carriages and 
sleighs is promptly attended to at very reasonable prices. 
He makes a specialty of making and repairing wheels of 
all kinds atid sizes. Mr. Dunham is well known in this 
vicinity as he commenced business here in 1876, and lias 
gained a good reputation for thorough and reliable 
work. Saw filing is well done and at moderate prices 
here. 

HENRY SARGENT, Dealer in all kind.s of 
Fresh and Pickled Fish and Lobsters, 20 and 2.3 Com- 
mercial Wharf, Portland, Me. In buying tish, even 
more than in buying meat, it is very important to have 
dealings with a reliable house, for although fresh fish is 
one of the most healthful foods known it becomes quite 
the opposite of this after it has been out of the water too 
long. But however, there is no trouble in obtaining the 
best of flsh, in prime condition, if you only know where 
to look for it, and we can assure our readers that one of 
the best places to look for it in Portland, is at the estab- 
lishment conducted by Mr. Henry Sargent, and located 
at Nos. 20 and 23 Commercial Wharf. This enterprise 
was founded by the present proprietor in 1S.5S — and with 
the exception of ten years from IStiO to 1870— when he 
had Mr. SkiUiugs associated with him, he has succes.s- _ 
fully carried on the business .alone. The premises in 
use comprise one floor 20 x 40 feet in size. In addition to 
which is a large room used in salting flsh. Mr. .Sargent 
deals in fresh and pickled flsh and lobsters, and does a 
very extensive wholesale and retail business, and the 
prices quoted to all are very low. He employs three 
reliable assistants and is prepared to fill all orders 
promptly and accurately. Mr. Sarjjent was born in 
Gloucester, Mass., and Is well known in this city. 

P. L. SMITH, Dealer in Boots, Sliocs and 
Rubbers, 79 Middle St. Portbind, Me. No two indivi- 
duals are exactly alike in the matter of general appear- 
ance, and when we come to particularize and compare 
details we find even increased dissimilarity. The conse- 
quence is, of course, that what may suit one will be fiir 
from suiting another, and so we find that if a large custom 
Is to be had in any business relating to the supply of ar- 
ticles of personal wear, for instance, a sutllciently large 
and varied stock must be carried to supply widely vary- 
ing taste. It is probably owing to his appreciation of this 
truth that one of our boot and shoes merchants, Mr. K. 
I,,. Smith, has met with such gratifying success for at his 
establishment located at No. 79 Middle St. may be seen 
about every Imaginable style and kind ot foot-wear. 
This gentleman is a native of Durham, M;iine, and has 
had great experience in his present line of business. The 
premises utilized by him are 2.5 x 80 feet in dimensions 
and are very conveniently fitted up. Mr. .Smith gives 
his business close jiersonal attention, and his motto is 
'■quick sales and small profits." which is without doubt 
another cause ot the popularity ot hU store. 



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AYEE, HOUSTON CO., Wool and Fnr Hat 
Manufacturers, Office 2 Beach St., Portbuul. Me. The 
question 'what becomes of all the pins?" is not a hit 
more puzzliiio; than what becomes of all the hits? for 
hat manufacturing is one of the great indut<tries of the 
country, and it is difficult to understand how more than 
one-haif of the immense annual product can be disposed 
of. The out-put of a single factory so extensive as that 
carried on in this city by Messrs. Ayer. Houston & Co. 
is sufficient to supply thousands of consumers, for this 
firm employ from 150 to 17.5 assistants and operate an 
immense manufacturing plant, the factory comprising 
four floors, each measuring 100x200 feet. The firm 
were formerly located in Haverhill, Mass., removing to 
Portland in 1870. The partners are Messrs. Phiueas 
Ayer and John A. Houston, the former a native of 
Massachusetts and the latter of Nova Scotia. Both are 
widely known in business circles; the line of wool and 
fur hats made by this concern being very complete, al- 
ways comprising the latest novelties and very accepta- 
ble to both consumers and the trade. The office is at 
No. 2 Beach .St., and orders are assured prompt and 
careful attention. 

E. D. PETTENGILL & CO., Proprietors 
Shaker Pickle Works, Manufacturers and packers of 
Pickles, Vinegar, Horse Radish, Catsup, Etc., Nos. 50 
and 52 York Street, Portland, Me. The "Shaker" Pickle 
AVorks are well named, for the public have learned to 
put entire confidence in goods put up by the "Shakers," 
and tiie productions of the Shaker Pickle Works are of 
such uniformly superior qualitj' that they maintain and 
extend the reputation of the Shaker goods wherever 
they are introduced. It is a well know fact that a large 
proportion of the pickles, vinegar, horse radish, catsup 
and other relishes in the market are of inferior quality 
and in some cases are really unwholesome, and hence 
some persons are prejudiced against all but "home- 
made" articles of this kind, but it is obvious that a con- 
cern making a specialty of their manufacture should be 
able to attain better results than the housekeeper who 
has no special facilities, and it is a fact that the relishes 
put up by the Shaker Pickle Works are both better and 
cheaper than those made at home. Those who doubt 
this statement may easily prove its truth by making 
trial of the goods in question for all first-class grocers 
handle them, their sale extending throughout New Eng- 
land. This business was founded 20 years ago by Mr. 
E. D. Pettengill and is nowcarriedon under the name of 
E. D. Pettengill & Co., but the founder died about six 
years ago. The business is still continued under the 
same firm style, and fully maintains the enviable repu- 
tation of the product. Very spacious premises located 
at Nos. i50 and 52 York street are occupied, and all 
orders are assured prompt attention. 

B. B. PAElSrSWORTH & CO., Jobbers of 
Boots and Shoes, Wholesale Dealers in Leatlier and 
Findings, No. 1.33 Middle Street, Portland, Maine, B. B. 
Farnsworth. No Portland wholesale boot, shoe and 
leather house is more generally and favorably known 
than that of B. B. Farnsworth & Co., for this business 
has been energetically pushed for a score of years, and 
at the present time four men are kept on the road almost 
constantly, and they meet with excellent success, for 
this concern have the reputation of furnishing uniform- 
ly dependable goods at bottom prices, and as this repu- 
tation has been persistently worked for and honestly 
won, it fully explains the success of the firm's transac- 
tions. Operations were begun in 1871 by Messrs. Lamb 
& Farnsworth, the present firm name being adopted in 
1875. At first the business was confined to the handling 
of leather and findings, but in 1878 the firm started a 
jobbing trade in boots, shoes and rubbers, which has 



since developed to very large proportions. The 
premises made use of at No. 1.33 Middle street comprise 
three floors, measuring 32x133 feet, and accommodate a 
very heavy and complete stock, so that with the aid of 
six assistants all orders can be filled without delay. Mr. 
B. B. Farnsworth, the sole proprietor of the business, 
is a native of Lisbon, Me., and is one of the most gener- 
ally known of all our Portland business men. He was 
one of the "forty-niners" and returned from California 
in 1S52, settling in Bangor, where he engaged in the 
lumber business until 18G8, subsequently removing to 
Portland when he became identified with his present 
line of business, which has developed into very import- 
ant proportions. 

PORTLAND BEEF CO., Commission Mer- 
chants in Swift's Chicago Beef, Mutton, Pork and Smoked 
Provisions. 336 and 338 Commercial St., Portland, Me. 
The Portland Beef Company is very appropriately named 
for this is a thoroughly representative concern and 
handles a large proportion of the beef consumed in 
Portland aud vicinity. The company are commission 
merchants in Swift's Chicago Dressed Beef, and some 
idea of the quantity they handle may be gained from the 
fact that one of the two "coolers" or refrigerators 
utilized is capable of accommodating 3 car loads of meat. 
The other cooler is used for the storage of Provisions, 
the company dealing extensively in these and also in 
Mutton, Pork, etc. This business was founded just 
about ten years ago by Messrs. Wheeler, Swift & Co., 
who were succeeded by the present company in 1884, the 
proprietors now being Messrs. G. F. and E. C. Swift, 
both of whom are natives of Sandwich, Mass. Mr. G. 
F. Swift resides in Chicago and Mr. E. C. Swift in 
Boston, the business being under the direct management 
of Mr. H. B. Peters, who is a Portland man by birth and 
is very widely and favorably known hereabouts. The 
company do an exclusively wholesale business and oc- 
cupy spacious premises at Nos. 33() and 838 Commercial 
St., carrying a very heavy aud complete stock and being 
prepared to fill all orders at short notice, as employment 
is given to 10 assistants and the business? is thoroughly 
systemized in every department. 



S. H. PIKE & Co., Dealers in Old Iron, 
Copper, Lead and Brass, all kinds of Cotton and Woolen 
Rags. &c., also Bottles of all Kinds. No. 42 Union St., 
Portland, Me. Someone has said that there is nothing 
in the world that has not its use. It may seem strange 
to some of us to think that the odds aud ends picked up 
by junk men and rag-pickers, and carefully stowed away 
in their wagons, are all taken to large establishments, 
sorted, graded, and eventually made over into different 
commodities. The demand for this so-called rubbish is 
so great, that hundred of tons of rags alone are imported 
into this country every year. One of the leadiug houses 
in Portland dealing in old iron, copper, lead and brass, 
also all kinds of bottles, as well as every kind of cotton 
and woolen rags, is that conducted by S. H. Pike & Co. 
It was established by Mr. Pike about thirty years ago. 
During that time the business has grown steadily, until, 
at the present time, fifteen assistants are employed and 
a two story building, covering an area of 80x100 ft. is 
utilized, besides several storehouses. The store is 
situated at No. 42 Lfnion Street. Every facility is at 
hand for grading and storing the stock, and large orders 
can be filled at short notice. Dealers will find the prices 
moderate, and the goods strictly as guaranteed. The 
firm give their personal attention to detail work, as well 
as to business transactions, and their aim is to carry out 
every agreement in strict accordance with business 
principles, and their customer's as well as their own 
interest. 



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H. F. WEBB & CO.. Packers of Hermetically 
Sealed Goods. Office 179 Commercial St., Portland, Me. 
Specialties: Webb's Cream Sugar Corn, Webb's Cream 
Succotash, Pleasant Baj- I^obsters. It is difficult to 
realize that the packing of hermetically sealed, or what 
are commonly known as " canned '" goods is a compara- 
tively recent industry, for these goods are so extensively 
used all over the world, and have become so indispens- 
able not only to those '" who go down into the sea in 
fihips," but also to soldiers, hunters, surveyors, miners, 
and even to those living where a bountiful supply of 
fresh food is accessible at all seasons of the year, that it 
appears almost impossible that the world could ever 
have got along without them. Yet their origin is recent, 
and one need not be very old to be able to remember 
when canned provisions were looked upon as a doubtful 
«xperlmeut and regarded by many persons as positively 
dangerous. All this is changed now, however, and it is 
a recognized fact that flrst-class canned provisions and 
particularly canned vegetables are not only harmless 
but rank with the most wholesome of foods, and that 
their judicious use will do much to preservie health, 
especially among those leading sedentary lives. Xor is 
this merely the popular judgment, on the contrary it is 
endorsed by leading physicians of all schools, they 
agreeing that fresh vegetables of selected quality (which 
is practically what superior canned vegetables are) are 
much more efficacious in keeping the blood pure and the 
system in good order than any concoction of more or 
less injurious drugs. It is unfortunately a fact that all 
the canoed good in the market are not what they should 
be, some packers sacrificing everytliing to cheapness 
and putting up articles which if not dangerous are to 
say the least undesirable, but the consumer has a sure 
means of self-protection ready at hand, and that is to 
order and insist upon having brands which experieuce 
has proved to be of uniform high quality, such for 
instance as are put up by Messrs. II. F. Webb & Co., 
who rank with the best-known packers of hermetically 
sealed goods in the country, and whose products are 
unsurpassed by any in the world. The business was 
founded by Mr. II. F. Webb, in 1878, and the present 
firm was formed in 188.5 by the admission of Mr. H. M. 
Dobbins. Mr. Webb is a native of Portland, and Mr. 
Dobbins of Philadelphia, both gentlemen being very 
widely and favorably known In business circles. The 
concern have an office at No. 179 Commercial St., and 
maintain packing houses at Runiford, Gray and Leeds, 
Me., and at Etang du Nord, Magdalen Islands, P. Q. 
Their specialties are Webb's Cream Sugar Corn, Webb's 
Cream Succotash, and Pleasant Hay Lobsters; and 
dealers who wisli to handle goods that will yield a fair 
profit and give entire satisfaction to the most critical 
trade will best serve their own interest by ])lacing a line 
of these famous brands in stock. They are sold 
throughout the United States, and the Pleasant Bay 
lobsters are largelj' exported. Messrs. II. F. Webb & 
Co. are prepared to fill the most extensive orders at 
short notice and to (|uote as low rates as can be named 
on goods of sterling and guaranteed merit. 

A. W. JORDAN, Grain Broker, 202.^ Exchange 
St., Portland. Me. Although there is no person of 
ordinary intclligi'nco but what knows that Portland is 
an important distributing centre, there are few who act- 
ually realize the f.ucts in the case, for it is one thing to 
know in a general way that many of the products of the 
West, for Intance, find a market here, an(i (juite another 
thing to realize the extent of Portlanil trade in Western 
products, even in tlie single line of Flour, Grain and 
Feed. All the leadinf^ Western Milling houses have 
agents here, and in this connection we may fittingly 
call att<Titii>n to the uimsual facilities controlleil by Mr. 
A. W. .loidan, for he is agent for the great Chicagograin 



house of Bartlett, Frazier & Co., and also for Messrs. 
Hunter Brothers, who rank with the leading dealers in 
feed in St. Louis. Mr. Jordan has an office at No. 2024 
Commercial St., and furnishes a large proportion of the 
Grain and Feed consumed in Portland and adjacent sec- 
tions, many of the leading wholesalers buying through 
him. He is a native of Deering, Me., has carried on his 
present business representing Western Houses for over 
20 years, and is probably one of the oldest commission 
merchants in his line in Portland, and we need hardly 
say is very generally known, especially in trade circles. 

OAK STREET LIVERY STABLE. Henry 
L. Taylor, proprietor. Telephone No. 481. Carriages 
and Yehicles of every description, furnished to order. 
Portland Me. The Oak Street Livery Stable may be 
called the representative public stable of Portland, for 
it is one of the largest and most completely fitted-up 
establishment of the kind in the State and the manage- 
ment is so excellent that the service att'orded is unequal- 
ed for promptness, comprehensiveness and general efti- 
ciency. Carriages and Vehicles of every description will 
be furnished to order at remarkable short notice, orders 
by telephone (call No. 481), from any part of the city 
being ensured immediately and careful attention. The 
teams supplied from this deservedly popular stable are 
flrst-class in every respect, careful" and well informed 
drivers will be furnished if desired, and strangers wish- 
ing to gain a comprehensive idea of Portland and its 
beautiful suburbs can do so in no more agreeable and 
easy way than that aflbrded by a ride in one of the hand- 
some and easy-riding vehicles obtainable here; a call 
by telephone from any part of the city bringing a car- 
riage to the door at any appointed hour. Mr. Henry L. 
Taylor, the proprietor of this stable, is a native of Buck- 
field, Maine, and is one of the oldest and best-known 
stablemen in Maine, having begun operations in 18G0 as 
a member of the firm of Taylor & Boothby. Boothby 
retired in 180G. Owing to the big fire Mr. Taylor then 
worked for Capt. Sayer until he assumed control of his 
present establishment in 1882, and has given it the lead- 
ing position it now holils by providing a service uni- 
formly satisfactory in every essential. 

C. JUDSOX ANDERSON, House-Painting 
and Decorating, Paperhaiiging, Graining, Glazing and 
Kalsomiuing, No. 57 Oak Street, Portland. Me. The 
appearance of a house depends so greatly upon the 
manner in which it is painted that ])ains should be taken 
to entrust such work to thoroughly competent and 
reliable hands, for unless this be done the results are 
sure to be unsatisfactory, and in many cases the money 
expended will be worse than wasted, a poor job of 
painting being neither useful nor ornamental. This is 
l)articularly true when the choice of colors is left to the 
liainter, for poor taste shown in their selection will ruin 
the eftect of the most artistically proportioned house, 
while on the other hand a comparatively homely build- 
ing may be rendered cosy and attractive looking by the 
judicious use of skilfully applied paints. Experience is 
the best teacher in painting as in about everything else, 
and the many years of • xperience which Mr, <', .1, 
Anderson has had in house painting and decorating of 
all descriptions have qualified him to do work that 
cannot fail to prove satisfactory to the most critical. 
He is a native of Mount Desert , Me., and during the 
last 4 of the 12 years that he has been in business in 
Portland has carried on operation;! alone. Mr. Anderson 
has a shop at No. .")7 Oak .street, and employs from three 
to twelve assistants; being prepared to fill orders for 
house painting and decorating, paper h.-inging, graining, 
glazing and kalsomining at short notice. lOstimates will 
be cheerfully given on application, and no painter in the 
city is prepared to quote lower prices on strictly flrst- 
class work. 



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CUMMINGS BEOTHEES & CO., Commission 
Merchants and Wholesale Dealers in Foreign and 
Domestic Fruits, and Country Produce, No. 1.51 and 153 
Commercial St., Portland, Me. Apples for Export a 
Specialty. Telephone Xo. 151 B. The firm of Cummings 
Brothers & Co. is of comparatively recent origin, it 
having been organized in 1890, but it has already attained 
a prominent position in the fruit and produce commis- 
sion trade, and with most excellent reason, for those 
constituting the concern are well and favorabl}- known 
to both producers and dealers, and enjoy the full confi- 
dence of those acquainted with their methods and 
resources. The firm is made up of Messrs. F. D. 
Cummings, M. E. Cummings, A. A. Cummings, R. L. 
Cummings and S. N. Wheeler, all of whom are natives 
of Woodstock, Me., with the exception of Mr. Wheeler, 
who was born in Coleraine, Mass. The concern are 
commission merchants and wholesale dealers In foreign 
and domestic fruits, and countrj' produce, and are 
prepared to render thoroughly satisfactory service in 
every department of their business, as it is thoroughly 
systematized and their facilities are equal to the best. 
The premises occupied are located at Nos. 151 and 153 
Commercial St., and comprise 4 floors measuring 30x60 
feet, and a large basement. A specialty Is made of 
apples for export, and few houses are so well prepared 
to furnish apples of standard quality in large quantities 
at short notice. Orders by mail or by telephone (No. 
151 B.) are assured immediate and careful attention ; 
and prompt returns are made on all consignments 
received. 

CLAEK & CHAPLIN ICE COMPANY, 

Successors to D. W. Clark & Co. Wholesale Ice Dealers, 
302 Commercial St., Merchants Wharf, Portland, Maine. 
There are many individuals, firms and companies 
engaged in the ice business in this State, but very few 
of them are associated with an enterprise of such long 
and honorable standing as that conducted by the Clark 
& Chaplin Ice Companj', for the enterprise in question 
was inaugurated in 1855, and for many years has held 
its present leading position. It was started by Mr. D. 
W. Clark, who in 1873 became associated with Mr. 
Ashbel Chaplin, under the style of D. W. Clark & Co., 
the undertaking being continued under that firm name 
until the incorporation of the present company in 1882. 
It has a capital of $300,000, and maintains a very 
extensive and eflicient plant for the harvesting, storage 
and shipping of ice ; the total storage capacity amount- 
ing to 200,000 tons, and being [stored in [houses located 
at Portland, on the Kennebec River, at Sebago Lake, 
and at Cape Elizabeth. Employment is given to about 
500 men at winter season of the year, and a large force 
is permanently employed, as the company do both a 
wholesale and retail business, and fill all orders with- 
out delay. Their headquarters are at No. 302 
Commercial St., Merchants Wharf. The officers are 
Messrs. T>. W. Clark, President; C. B. Thurston, Treas. ; 
and M. W. Clark, Vice-President, all these gentlemen 
being so generally known as to render extended personal 
mention entirely unnecessary. 

MES. J. ALLEN, 28 Monroe St., Portland 
Me. Dry and Fancy Goods. Yarns, Hosiery. It is not 
to be disputed that the establishment carried on by Mrs. 
J. Allen is very attractive in more respects than one, 
and after a visit to it, it is easy to understand its grow- 
ing popularity. The premises made use of are located 
at ]No. 28 Monroe Street, and the stock of Dry Goods, 
Fancy Articles, Yarns, Hosiery, etc., carried, is displayed 
to excellent advantage. The inception of this enterprise 
occurred in 1860, having been under the management of 
its present proprietress for about twenty-three years. 
Mrs. Allen, who is a native of Portland, has a large cir- 
cle of friends in this vicinity. The number of articles com- 



prised under the head of "Dry and Fancy Goods" is very 
large indeed, and it is seldom that a stock is seen so 
complete in every appointment as that shown at this 
establishment. It shows unmistakable evidences of 
careful and skilful selection, and is worthy the thorough 
inspection of discriminating buyers. One" popular fea- 
ture of the management of this store is the entire reliance 
that may be placed on all representations made. An 
inexperienced purchaser runs no risk of imposition, and 
the employment of efficient assistants renders it possi- 
ble to promise prompt attention to all. People are find- 
ing out from year to year that they can purchase goods 
to better advantage at this store than at many other estab- 
lishments of similar character in this vicinity. 

WM. B. FEAZIEE, Upholstering and Ee- 
pairing of all kinds of Furniture. Parlor Suits, Lounges 
and Easy Chairs made to order. Best of work and 
lowest prices. Whitney Building, Federal St., Portland, 
Me. The American people as a class are very extrav- 
agant but their extravagance is as a general thing more 
the result of thoughtlessness, than any deliberate in- 
tention, to spend money lavishly. Take for instance the 
matter of furniture and we find that thousands of dollars' 
worth of somewhat worn out goods, of this kind, are put 
away into garrets or sold to second hand dealers for 
a mere trifle, when a few dollars spent in renewing 
tlie upholstering, would make the articles as good 
as new. This is no new unfounded assertion of 
ours, it is a positive fact, easily susceptible of proof, as 
may be discovered by investigation. Mr. Wm. B. Frazier 
who occupies a portion of the Whitney Building on 
Federal St., is a competent upholsterer, and has such 
excellent facilities at his command as to enable him to 
fill orders at very short notice and in a thoroughly 
workmanlike manner, while his charges are ver}' moder- 
ate. Mr. Frazier shows great taste and ingenuity in 
renovating furniture of all kinds, making it over in the 
latest fashion, and guaranteeing perfect satisfaction in 
all departments of his business. He is a native of Port- 
land, Me., and well known throughout this section, as 
an enterprising and honorable business man. In addi- 
tion to the upholstering department, Mr. Frazier makes 
a specialty of Parlor Suits, Lodge and Ship Furniture. 
In fact all work entrusted to his care will be executed 
in the best manner. 

FEANK W. CHAFFIN, Commission Dealer 
in Florida, California and Mediterranean Fruits, Whole- 
sale, Retail and Jobbing, No. 562 Congress Street, 
Portland, Me. The demand for fresh and choice fruits 
of all kinds is ever on the increase, especially here in the 
north, where the fruit season is so short that we have to 
look to warmer climates for our supply. There is 
nothing more wholesome than good, ripe fruit, when 
eaten judiciously, and we consider that a house where 
the ver}' finest fruit may be had at all times is a benefit 
to the community at large. Such an establishment is 
the one carried on by Frank W. Chaffln at 562 Congress 
Street, in this city. It was originally founded in 1875. 
The business is both wholesale and retail, this latter 
department being the largest of its kind in tlie State. 
Mr. Chaffin makes it a point to keep all the choicest 
fruits that are to be found in the market. These are 
brought from Florida, California and the different 
Mediterranean ports, and from other points during the 
season. Mr. Chaffin makes a specialty of keeping rare 
and early fruits, and a sight of his oranges, peaches, 
pears, grapes, etc., would tempt the most delicate 
appetite. The premises utilized are of 25 x 50 feet in 
dimensions. Eight to ten assistants are employed. 
Orders large or small sent to the above address are 
promptly filled, and we feel sure that those of our 
readers who are led to deal freely with Mr. Chafliu will 
not have cause to regret it. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




H. M. THOMPSON, Livery and Sale Stable, 
No. 79 Preble St.. I'ortland, Me. This is an estahlish- 
tnent that we can liighly recommend to our readers, for 
it is not only well-equipped but is managed in an intel- 
ligent, liberal and enterprising manner worthy of high 
praise. It was at one time managed by Mr. Grant, who 
was succeeded iu 1S84 by the present proprietor. Mr. II. 
M. Thompson. The business was removed to its pres- 
ent location No. 79 Preble St., in 1889. First-class 
teams of all kinds may be secured here at moderate 
rates, and the horses and veliicles are kept in 
such fine condition that annoying accidents " on the 
road " are rendered almost impossible. Particular at- 
tention is paid to the care of horses that they not only 
have suitable food but comfortable stabling. Mr. Thomp- 
son has a tine assortment of horses and carriages for 
sale wliich will prove strictly as represented. We know 
of no place where the purchaser is more sure of getting 
full value for money paid. Mr. Thompson is a native of 
Conway, X. E., he has given his personal attention to 
this business for the past 7 years and it is not surprising 
that he has secured the confidence and good-will of the 
residents of this vicinity with a large sliare of their 
patronage. 

MERCHANTS EXCHANGE HOTEL, Tem- 
ple St., just oft' Monument Square, Portland, Me. Most 
Central Location in the City. Convenient to all horse 
cars. George E. Watson, Proprietor. A recommenda- 
tion of a hotel which caters expressly to business men 
should be short, business-like, and to the |)oint in order 
to ensure its being read, and we wish to have this notice 
read for our readers's sakes it on no other account, for 
the Merchants Excliange Hotel oft'ers advantages un- 
equalled in some respects and unsurp'issed in all by any 
other hotel in Portland. It has the most central loca- 
tion in the city, is convenient to all horse cars, and is a 
roomy, pleasant and substantially built structure, four 
stories in height, and containing '>!) good-sized and well- 
arranged sleeping rooms in addition to commodious 
dining rooms and other public apartments. The house 
is heated by steam, ('(julpped with electric bells, and in 
short fltted-up with all modern conv('nienc<^s through- 
out. It is located on Temple St., Just oil' .Monument Scj., 
being but a short distance from the Post Olllce, City 
Building and other important points. 'I'lie hotel is very 
comfortably furnished and the table is tlrst-cl.'iss, the 
bill of fare being varied, the quality of the food the best 
the market aO'ords, and the cooking being exceptionally 
good, while the service is protnpt and edicient at all 
times. Tlie proprietor, .Mr. (leorge p;. Watson, is a na- 
tive of Lee, N. II., and has had control of the Merchants 
Exchange since 1881. He has made it one of the most 
popular hotels in the State, and those wlio appreciate 
first-class accommodations and fair dealinfj will fully 
agree with all we have said hi favor of the Ijouse after 
giving it a trial. 



CYKrS GREENE, Gen'l Comini.';sioii 
Merchant, and Wholesale Dealer iu Butter, 
Cheese, Eggs and Poultry, Xo. 38 JIarket St., 
Portland, Me. The commission houses of this 
city, taken as a whole, have a very high reputa- 
tion for the general carrying out of a perfectly 
honorable business policy, and it is unquestion- 
ably a fact that they have much to do with 
making Portland the important business centre 
ii lias been for many years. To occupy a lead- 
ing position in a branch of trade where the 
general average is so high is no light honor, and 
we therefore take especial pleasure iu recording 
the fact that the enterprise conducted by Mr. 
^ Cyrus Greene, is fully worthy of such a position 

and in fact has held it for quite a long time, 
almost from the date of its inauguration iu 1S(1G. The 
undertaking having been founded by the present pro- 
prietor, lie is a native of Falmouth, Me., and is too 
well known in Portland to require extended personal 
mention. Mr. Greene is a General Commission Mer- 
chant and Wholesale dealer in Butter, Cheese, Eggs and 
Poultry, and utilizes two floors and a cellar, each 1,S0(» 
square feet in dimensions, at No. .38 Market St. He car- 
ries a heavy stock and does an immense business. Mr. 
Greene has achieved most honorable distinction as one 
of the best known, reliable, and enterprising commis- 
sion merchants in Portland. The lowest market rates 
are quoted, and all orders are promptly and accurately 
delivered. 

JOHN HIGGINS, 23 Commercial St., Port- 
land, Me. Trucking and Jobbing. Mr. John Higgins 
is an enterprising and energetic man, otherwise he coiilil 
not have gained the reputation he has since he began 
operations in his present business here in 18(>."). This 
gentleman is a native of Scarboro, Me. He is locateil at 
No. 23 Commercial St., and is prepared to do trucking 
and jobbing of all kinds. He emjiloys from four to eight 
reliable assistants, who thoroughly understand their 
business, and are careful and conscientious in carr^ iiig 
out the instructions of their employer. Merchamlise, 
Furniture and Baggage, will be transfercd to any part 
of tlie city at very short notice, and the very lowest 
prices at which such work can be done is cliar^ed. And 
those liaving such work to be done will find it to their 
advantage to give Mr. Higgins a call before placing 
their order elsewhere. 



ALBION SAWYER, Carpenter and Builder, 
ICO Federal St., Portland, Me. The record made by Mr. 
Albion Sawyer since he began operations here .'(3 years 
ago is sufficient to guarantee that he not only under- 
stands liis business thoroughly, but is determined to 
serve his customers to the best of his ability, and ve 
liave no hesitation in advising such as may wish any- 
thing done in his line to give him an early call. Mr. 
Sawyer has a shop at 100 Federal .St., and every facility 
is at hand to enable him to satisfactorily carry out ail 
work entrusted to him. He gives close personal atten- 
tion to every order, and has a sullicient force of assist- 
ants at iiand toeiiable him to promptly executethe same, 
lleis prepared to ofl'er valuable assistance to any onewho 
proposes to engage in building oijcrations, and many a 
man who has gained his knowledge when building his 
own house will agree with us in saying that while theory 
is all very well in its place, there is nothing like consult- 
ing an expert, who knows w hat he is talking about, and 
is secure enough in his assertions to olVer to carry them 
into practical efl'ect if authorized to do so. Mr. Sawyer 
is moderate In his prices, and his work is equal to the 
best. Ill' is prepared to do general jobbing. 



REPRESENTA TIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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:^|^oRtland,Me. 



The firm of LeGrow Brothers, dealers in lumber of all 
kinds, doors, sash, blinds, etc.. utilize very spacious 
premises, the buildings, yard, etc., covering nearly two 
acres, but there is no room to spare, for an immense 
stock is carried and it is so frequently renewed as to be 
practically always complete in every department. It 
includes pine, spruce, hemlock, black walnut, white 
wood, oak, ash and cherry lumber, doors, sash, blinds, 
glazed windows, clapboards, shingles, laths, gutters, 
conductors, mouldings. Kiln dried hard wood flooring, 
etc., and any or all of these commodities will be furnish- 
ed in quantities to suit without delay and at positively 
the lowest market rates. Employment is given to from 
13 to 15 assistants, and the deliverv facilities are in keep- 
ing with the storage facilities, — t^hey being very exten- 
sive and fully adequate to meet all ordinary demands of 
even so large a business as this representative house 




does. This enterprise was inaugurated more than 40 
years ago, it having been established in 1850, by Mr. A. 
Edmands. In 1876 the firm of LeGrow Brothers as- 
sumed control, and this name is still retained, although 
Mr. O. R. LeGrow died in 1889, and the present proprie- 
tors are Messrs. A. S. LeGrow and E. N. Leightou, the 
former a native of Windham and the latter of Falmouth, 
Maine. Mr. LeGrow served in the army during the 
Rebellion and is a member of the G. A. R. Mr. Leigh- 
ton was long a resident of Lynn, Mass., and both mem- 



bers of the firm are very .widely known, particularly in 
trade circles. 

S. E. KEHOE, 443 Congress St., Portland, 
Me., Millinery. It is difficult and in fact practically 
impossible to give an idea of the nature of the .induce- 
ments offered at the establishment conducted bj- Miss 
S. E. Kehoe, at No. 443 Congress street. Within the 
limited space at our command, for the lady in question 
deals in millinery, and any verbal description of such 
articles must, even under the most favorable circum- 
_stance3, be inadequate and unsatisfactory. The utilizes 
spacious premises, at No. 443 Congress St., the store 
being 20 by 90 feet in dimensions and carries an un- 
usually extensive and varied stock comprising the very 
latest fashionable novelties, in the way of millinery 
goods, ribbons, velvets, laces, flowers and other trim- 
mings. Miss Kehoe will supply both trimmed and un- 
triiumed hats and bonnets, but makes a leading specialty 
of custom work and even during the height of the 
season can fill orders at comparatively short notice for 
at such times she employs a sufficient force of experien- 
ced assistants and of course can handle a great deal of 
business. No more tasteful or thoroughly artistic 
mUlinery work is done in this city, and as Miss Kehoe's 
prices are moderate business is steadily increasing. 

BEOWN BEOTHEES & CO., Dealers in 
Paper Stock, Woolen Rags, Iron, Metals, Canvas and 
Rope. No. 422 Fore Street, Portland, Me. Consign- 
ments will Receive Prompt Attention. The firm of 
Brown Brothers & Co. is of comparatively recent origin, 
it having been formed in 1890, but the enterprise con- 
ducted by this concern is of much longer standing and 
in fact has long been widely known as a leader in its 
special line. It was inaugurated in 1870 by Messrs. 
Kimball & Brown, who were succeeded by Messrs. 
Brown Brothers, who have carried on the business since 
1874. Messrs. Brown Bros, are natives of Maine. The 
concern deal very largely in paper stock, woolen rags, 
iron, metals, canvas and rope, employing ten assistants 
and utilizing very commodious premises at No. 422 Fore 
Street, they comprising 2 buildings, each having 4 
stories, a basement and an attic, and each measuring 
20x50 feet. The relations of the firm with manufac- 
turers are such as to enable them to dispose of almost 
any quantity of paper stock, old metals, etc., without 
delay, and all consignments will receive careful atten- 
tion, prompt returns being made, and the interests of 
consigners being looked after and fully protected. 



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ESTPi-BLISHED IQ60-- 

BA Pre E, ^t., Pqpjtl an d, Me ., 

W. T. KTLBOKN & CO., Wholesale and 
Bctail Dealers in Carpeting and Upholstery Goods, Oil 
Cloth, Rugs, etc.. No. 24 Free Street, Tortlaud, Maine. 
Perhaps the history ol no business house is more closely 
connected with the progress and interests of Portland 
than that of Messrs. W. T. Kilborn & Co., wholesale and 
retail dealers in carpetings and upholstery goods. It 
was established by the present proprietors in 1S(;0, and 
owing to the strict adherence to a high standard of car- 
rying on the trade, tlicy have for thirty years enjoyed as 
enviable a reputation as anj' house in the State. In this 
trade as in iiiiiny others, there is every opportunity for 
selling inferior goods for first-class ones. The buyer has no 
way of judging the real quality of carpets, furniture, etc. 
The5' can only be tested by time and use, and for this 
reason the high character and integrity of a firm are the 
only guarantee of good material aud perfect work. Mes- 
srs. Kilborn & Co., liave in their establishment a fiue 
display of carpetings and upholstery goods of all kinds, 
oil cloth, rugs, window shades, and a general line of 
house furnishings. They also manufacture mattresses, 
and have them of all grades, from the finest South 
American hair to the cheap but good felt. These goods 
are all guaranteed to be exai'tlj' as represented, as might 
be expected in a house of this standing. The premises 
in use arc well adapted for the business, and are situ- 
ated at No. 24 Free Street. 'I'he building is 35x135 feet 
in dimensions, two floors being occupied by the firm. 
The business is both wholesale aud retail and employ- 
ment iigiven to fifteen assistants. Mr. Kilborn, from 
whom the firm takes its name was born in Bridgton, 
Maine. 

H. A. MTJLLER & SON. Dealers in Boots, 
Shoes and Pubbers, No. 191) Middle Street, opposite 
Plum Street, Portland, Maine, Kepairing done neatly 
and promptly. A man who has no ideas of his own on 
the stibji-ct of foot-wear is either deficient in ideas on 
any subject at all or else has been accustomed to go 
without any foot-covering, for the dressing of the feet 
has so much to do with one's comfort and appearance 
that the subject is of great importance, and is sure to at- 
tract close attention. In order to get a pair of boots and 
shoes that will suit you, it is necessary to visit a store 
wlier<! a large and varied stock Is carried, and wlieti you 
llnd such a store under the management of a firm who 
have hiid over twenty years' experience as makers and 
ileabTs, you are particularly sure to get just what yon 



want and to get it at a bottom price too. Such an estab- 
lishment is that conducted by H. A. Muller & Son at 
No. 199 Middle street. Jlr. Muller, senior, is a native of 
Germany, and his son Frederick Muller was born in 
England. The store occupied has an area of 800 feet, 
and the stock carried is very complete. The latest nov- 
elties are oflTered as w-ell as a full selection of staple 
styles, and it should be understood that every article 
sold here is guaranteed to prove as represented, custom 
work is given special attention, and repair work is exe- 
cuted with neatness and dispatch at very reasonable 
rates. 

ALEXANDER & SIMPSON, (Succes.sors to 
W. II. Pennell.) Plumbing, Steam and Ventilating En- 
gineers, Telephone 772, 43 and 45 Union Street, Port- 
land, Maine. '' Modern conveniences" would certainly 
ndt willingly be dispensed with, and their advantages 
far iiiitweigli tlieir disadvantages, but nevertheless it is 
uiidciubledly a fact that the plumbing arrangements of a 
house must be i)roperly put in, duly cared for and kept 
in perfect repair or they are apt to breed sickness, espec- 
ially in thickly settled <ommunities. Everything de- 
pends upon having the iilumbing work of a house jiroper- 
ly done to begin with, for alterations are often diflicult 
and expensive to make and even when made the result 
is liable to be less satisfactory than would have been the 
case liad the work been originally done correctly. Among 
those engaged in the plumbing business, in this vieinitj' 
none are better known than Messrs. .Alexander I'v: Sinij)- 
son, for these gentlemen succeeded to an old eslahlished 
business and have for a long time held a leading posiliim 
in this branch of industry. Messrs. Henry Alexander 
and George H. Simpson, natives of Maine and Massachu- 
sett, compose the present firm, the premises occupied at 
Nos. 43 and 45 I'nion street, are 35x76 feet In dimensions, 
they are steam and ventilating engineers. Designers 
and contractors for heating and ven Hating systems, by 
use of steam and hot water, for mills, factories, 
churches, public buildings and private residences. Em- 
ployment is given to from 6 to 10 competent assistants, 
and all work is done in a superior manner. 

SIMMONS & HAMMOND, Phaiinacists, 575 
Congress, corner Green, Portland, Me. It is well for 
any community to have such an enterprise as that con- 
ducted by Messrs. Simmons A Hammond within its 
borders, for this undertaking has been carried on for 
about twenty years and its management has been sucli 
as to fully justify the unbounded confidence repo,-ed in 
it by the public. The firm do a large retail drug busi- 
ness, and carry a very, extensive and valuable stock, but 
it is in their capacity of dispensing chemists, that they 
are tlie best known and most liighly regarded by the 
general public. No intelligent person needs be told 
liow important it is that physicians' prescriptions should 
be compounded of materials of standard strength, in 
tlie most careful and accurate manner, and as Messrs 
Simmons & Hammond, have every facility at hand for 
llie proper filling of such orders, and are in a position 
to guarantee the quality of the agents employed, it is but I 
natural that many residents of this section should make ' 
it a practice to have all their prescriptions compounded 
at tlie well equipped establishinent, especially as all 
undue delay is avoided and moderate charges are nin- 
formly made. This establishment was founded many 
years ago by F. T. Mealier, who was succeeded by the 
firm of Young & Stone, aud they by Mr. W. F. Stone in 
1884. The present firm assuming control of the business 
In 1889, and is made up of Mr. C. ,\. Simmons, a initive 
of New York State, and Mr. J. M. Hammond, of .Maine. 
Their enterprise is truly a representative one, and all 
will unite in wisliing it the high degree of success in the 
future it has earned by long and faithful service in the 
|>ast. 



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NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE IN- 
SURANCE CO., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Assets Jan. 1, 
$42,353,912; Surplus on 4 per cent. Basis, $0,-532,324; 
Insurance in Force, $265,00U,000. Merry & Gooding, 
Ceneral Agents, 185 Middle Street, Portland, Maine. 
Special Agents, Alden M. Pettengill, and Charles D. 
Munge^ . It is a hackneyed assertion that that insur- 
ance i« the most desirable which aflbrds the greatest 
possible protection at the smallest possible cost, but 
still that truth will bear repeating, for it is every day 
disregarded by people who certainly ought to know 
better. The Xorthwestern Mutual LiJe Insurance Co., 
of Milwaukee, offers insurance whose soundness is far 
beyond dispute at a net cost which will compare favor- 
ably with that of insurance in any company in the 
world of equally high standing. This low cost is main- 
ly due to two things— the excellence of the company's 
investments and the extreme care shown in the placing 
of risks, for it is obvious that high iuterest and low 
mortality are the factors which earn surplus for mem- 
bers and tend to reduce the cost of insurance to the 
lowest possible point. The Northwestern's death rate 
was lower during the past decade than that of either of 
its twelve leading competitors, and as this organization 
stands first among the great life companies in the 
character and profit of its investment, the high interest 
earned and low mortality met with are the legitimate 
consequeuces of the policy pursued. We would refer 
those wishing detailed information concerning the 
company's methods, resources, policies, etc., to the 
general agents, Messrs Merry & Gooding, whose office is 
at Xo. 185 Middle Street, for more can be learned from 
a few moments Interview than from pages of print, 
as questions can be asked and answered as fast as they 
come up. Callers are assured 'proropt !i"<l courteous 
attention, and those finding it inconvenient to call will 
be waited upon by an agent if they so desire. 



NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE IN- 
SUEAXCE COMPANY; Telephone, 075-B; Augustus 
Champlin, Resident Secretary; Branch Office, No. 17 
Exchange Street, Portland, Me. One need not belong to 
the ranks of those who turn up the bottoms of their 
trousers legs whenever it rains in London, in order to be 
a fervent admirer of certain English institutions, for even 
the most patriotic American must admit that the English 
as a nation have certain characteristics which enable 
them to lead the world in certain lines of efl'ort, and 
among these characteristics are that prudence, that con- 
servatism, and that pluck and determination which are 
invaluable qualities in the insurance business. Of course 
we have many admirable insurance companies here in 
America and the protection they offer should be utilized 
but not exclusively depended upon, for such a conflagra- 
tion as that at Chicago in '71 or that at Boston in '72 will 
cripple the strongest local company and prove the 
necessity of securing such protection as can be given 
only by an organization whose risks are so widely 
distributed and whose resources are so great that it is 
secure against all disaster. Such an organization is the 
North British and Mercantile Insurance Company of 
London, England, and for proof of this assertion we have 
but to refer the reader to the record of this corporation 
and to the figures showing its present standing. This 
and any further information that may be desired may be 
obtained by application at the branch office at No. 17 
Exchange street, in charge of Mr. Augustus Champlin, 
resident secretary. Mr. Champlin has resided for ten 
years in Portland and is far too well-known here to ren- 
der extended personal mention necessary. He assumed 
his present position in 1889, and has done much to 
advance the iuterests of the company in this vicinity by 
making the unsurpassed advantages it offers more 
generally known among those who will profit most by 
such knowledge. 



DAVID HOOPER, Wholesale and Retail 
Dealer in Carpetings, Draperies, Paper Hangings, Oil 
Cloths, Window Shades, &c., 2.33 Middle and 8 Temple 
Streets, Portland, Me. The subject of interior decora- 
tion has received special attention of late years in this 
country, and the result is that the crude and gaudy de- 
signs and colorings in carpetings, draperies, paper hang- 
ings, etc., which were once so familiar, are now very 
seldom met with, the present aim being to attain quiet 
elegance rather than ostentatious display. No set rules 
can be given for the gaining of the best result- in in- 
terior decoration other than those naturally suggested 
by the proprietj' of "toning down" a brightly-lighted 
room or '-brighteniug-up" one which is but dimly il- 
luminated, for '-circumstances alter cases" and the only 
way to insure satisfactory results is to gain the co-oper- 
ation of expert judges, and, after placing the case plain- 
ly before them, be guided by their advice. No extra 
expense is attached to such a procedure; on the contrary 
money may be saved by so doing, as many have fotind 
by actual experience who have availed themselves of 
the knowledge gained by Mr. David Hooper during the 
years he has been identified with interior decoration. 
Mr. Hooper is a wholesale and retail dealer in carpet- 
ings, draperies, paper hangings, oil cloths, window 
shades, etc., utilizing very commodious premises at No. 
233 Middle street and No. 8 Temple street, and carrying 
a heavy and complete stock which includes the very 
latest designs and colorings. Employment is given to 
three competent assistants, and callers are a^^sured 
prompt and careful attention, and aftbrded every oppor- 
tunity to examine goods at their leisure. Mr. Hooper is 
in a position to quote the very lowest market rates on 
all the commodities he handles, and it should be stated 
that every article is sold under a positive guarantee that 
it will prove as represented. 



LOVERING'S Pari.s Hair Store, Manufactur- 
er, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Artistic Hair Goods, 
Ladies' Hair Dressing, Shampooing, Curling, etc., F. M. 
Levering, 518 Congress Street, Portland, Maine. Lover- 
ing's Paris Hair Store is one of those establishments 
which can be unreservedly 
recommended, for the service 
oft'cred here will not suffer in 
the least by comparison with 
that extended by the leading 
hair stores of New York or 
lioston, the goods being 
equally desirable, the prices 
being equally low (and in 
many cases lower), and the 
variety offered being equally 
great. Mr. F. M. Ijovering 
is a native of Maine, and is 
very generally and favorably 
known throughout this sec- 
tion, and indeed throughout 
the S^ate, for he does a very 
large mail business and sends 
goods to many distant points. 
He is a manufacturer of and wholesale and retail dealer 
in artistic hair goods of every description, and publishes 
a handsome illustrated catalogue which will be prompt- 
ly sent on application and contains all information nec- 
essary to enable one to order intelligently by mail, goods 
being sent on approval so that the purchaser incurs no 
risk whatever. Mr. Lovering utilizes well-equipped 
premises at No. 518 Congress street, and does ladits' hair 
dressing, shampooing, curling, etc., in the most artistic 
manner. The service is as prompt as it Is efficient for 
employment is given to five skilful assistants. 




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C. H. BATCHELDER, Wall Papers, window 
Shades. 402 Congress St., opposite City Hall, Portland, 
Me. Picture Frames, Room Moulding and Screens. 
Window Shades fitted to any sized window a specialty. 
Interior Decoration is now acknowledged to be an art 
by itself, and during the past decade wonderful prog- 
ress has been made in learning and applying its princi- 
ples. In order to choose Wall Paper, Window Shades, 
and similar goods to the best advantage, it is essential 
to visit an establishment where a large and varied stock 
is carried, comprising the latest novelties. !i,s well as 
full lines of more staple articles, and it is just such an 
assortment that is offered by Mr. C. H. Batchelder, doing 
business at No. 402 Congress St. This gentleman is a 
native of Yarmouth, Me., and has carried on operations 
in Portland since 1880. The premises occupied comprise 
one floor covering an area of 1200 square feet in addi- 
tion to a storeroom and his large stock is so skilfully 
arranged that the taste of selection from it is easy and 
pleasant. Artistic Wall Papers, in great variety are 
offered at very moderate rates, and the stock of Picture 
Frames, Room Mouldings and Screens is also complete 
and desirable. Window Shades, of the most approved 
patterns are largely represented, and will be made to 
order and fitted to any sized window. Six efficient 
assistants are employed and customers are sure of re- 
ceiving immediate and polite attention, and all orders 
will be promptly and satisfactorily filled. 

E. Mc^STEILL, Men's and Boys' Clothing and 
Furnishing Goods, 207 Middle St., cor. of Temple, Port- 
land, Me. It is a great mistake to assume that clothing 
which is low in price must necessarily be poor in quality, 
for the cost of producing clothing has been steadily 
diminishing of late years, and a few dollars intelligently 
expended will go a" great way in the purchase of sty- 
lish and durable garments. It is sometimes urged 
against ready made clothing that the purchaser has but 
little opportunity to examine any part but its outside, 
but an even stronger security than that aff'orded by 
careful inspection, is that given by the intimate knowl- 
edge of a dealer's standing, and few, if any of the resi- 
dents of Portland need to be told that whatever repre- 
sentations are made by Mr. E. McN'eill of Xo. 207 
Middle St., may be depended upon to the letter, Mr. 
McXeill Is a native of Maine and founded his business 
in 1878. He gives careful attention to his business and 
always has a most desirable stock on hand to select 
from. The premises are 40x2.") feet in size and contain 
a varied and complete assortment of Men's and Boys' 
clothing and furnishing goods. The latest styles are 
represented, the prices are as low as the lowest, tlie 
variety is so great that all tastes can be suited and the 
customer is sure of poUte and prompt attention, there 
being two courteous assistants constantly employed. 

BOSTON BAKGAIN SHOE COMPANY, 259 
Middle St., Portland. Me. Chas. M. Walker, Manager. 
The " Boston Bargain Shoe Company" have certainly 
chosen a very attractive name, but that by no means 
accounts for the exceptional popularity their establish- 
ment has won since it was first opened, in 1890, but on 
the contrary makes it all the more noteworthy, for the 
public would naturally expect more than common from 
a " Bargain Shoe Company" so the actual inducements 
offered must be many and important. Well, so they are. 
To begin with, the stock on hand is remarkably heavy 
and complete, and it is com])lete not only as regards the 
variety of goods carried but also the variety of sizes and 
widtlis on hand of all the higher grade goods; the 
consequence being that when you choose a dress or 
street boot or shoe from this assortment you get one 
that fits as perfectly as though it were custom made. 
Doubtless nuiny of our readers will smile at this asser- 
tion, and cousidering what the usual experience is at 



the [ordinary shoe store it is natural that they should, 
but let them visit the store of the Boston Bargain 
Shoe Company, at Xo. 259 Middle St., and they will 
be obliged to admit that our assertion is strictly war- 
ranted by the facts. Here are Boots, Shoes, and Rub- 
bers of all kinds, sizes and styles; here are three polite 
attendants to give prompt attention to every caller, and 
here prices are quoted that no one can afl'ord to neglect 
taking advantage of. Mr. Chas. M. \Valker is the mana- 
ger of the enterprise, and he is to be congratulateil on 
being in charge of as popular and well-conducted an 
establishment as the city of Portland can show. 

C. P. GRAVES, Tuner and Repairer of 
Pianos, Church and Parlor Organs. Church Organ 
work a specialty. 1441 Exchange St., Portland. Me. 
Residence, 18 Xorth St. There is no more .satisfying 
or gratifying evidence of the general prosperity of the 
people of this country, than that afforded by the im- 
mense number of ]>ianos and organs sold annually, for 
although of course some of these instruments find their 
waj' into the homes of the rich, the great majority of 
them are purchased by working people. By this expres- 
sion we mean of course all those who support themselves 
by the labor of their hands, or brains, as distinguished 
from those who are in the receipt of an adequate income 
without necessity for personal exertion. Charms of 
Music in the home, have been too often and too elo- 
quently described to uted mention here, and the de- 
mand existing for musical instruments siiows that these 
charms are generally appreciated. We have no set 
advice to offer regarding the selection of a piano or 
organ other than " ge_t the best." Don't buy an un- 
reliable instrument at any price, for the best often 
require tuning and repairing, and when this is the case, 
we would most heartily recommend M. C. P. Graves, as 
he is a throughly practical Tuner and Repairer of 
Pianos, Church or Parlor Organs, and makes a specialty 
of Pipe Organs for Churches and Halls. Mr. Graves is 
a native of Farmiiigton, Me. He has been engaged in 
his present business for the past 35 years. His business 
premises are located at 144i Exchange Street, and his 
residence at 18 Xorth Street, where orders may be 
left with the full assurance that they will receive im- 
mediate attention and be executed in the most satisfac- 
torj' manner possible. 

JOHN DOUGHTY, House and Ship Paint- 
hig. Graining, Staining and Paper Hanging, 19 Monu- 
ment Square, Residence No. 48 Grove Street, Portland, 
Maine. The appearance of a house depends so greatly 
upon the manner in which it is painted that it is well 
worth while to exercise careful discrimination in the 
placing of orders for such work, and in this connection 
we take pleasure in calling attention to the facilities pos- 
sessed by Mr. .lohn Doughty, located at No. 19 Moim- 
ment square, for he is prepared to do all kinds of house 
and ship painting in a thoroughly workmanlike and dur- 
able manner, at short notice and at moderate rates. Mr. 
Doughty was born in Portland, served three years in the 
army during the Rebellion, and has been identified with 
his present business since 1S75, when lie became a mem- 
ber of the firm of Ball & Doughty assuming sole 
control in 1S77. lie is very generally and favorably 
known throughout this section, and has an envi- 
able reputation for faithfully carrying out every 
agreement, he haviiig filled various important contracts 
to the entire satisfaction of all parties concerned. Em- 
ployment is given to from fi to 8 assistants, and orders 
for house aiid ship painting, graining, staining and 
paper hanging are assured prompt and careful attention, 
whether given in person or sent by mail to 19 Monu- 
ment square, or to Mr. Doughly's residence, 'So. 48 
Grove street. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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C. F. MOULTON, Dealer in Boots, Shoes, 
ami Rubbers, 567 Congress Street, Portland, Me. No 
doubt there are many of our readers who know perfect- 
ly well what a " clean " stock is, but as there are prob- 
ably some who do not fully understand what is meant 
by that expression, we will state that it means an as- 
sortment of fresli, seasonable goods; new and attractive 
in style, reliable in make, and fully adapted to meet the 
wants of the residents of the section in whicli it is 
located. Or if this explanation be not perfectly plain, 
just visit the store of Mr. C. F. Moulton, located at No. 
507 Congress Street, and examine the assortment of 
boots, shoes and rubbers to be found there, for this is a 
" clean "' stock in the best sense of the term, and does 
not contain any article to make it otherwise. It is 
perfectly natural that such should be the case, for Mr. 
Moulton is an experienced buyer, and thoroughly con- 
versant with all the many details of his business. This 
establishment was founded many years ago by Samuel 
Bell, and after one or two changes in its management 
came into the possession of Mr. C. F. Moulton in 1S7.3. 
In 1S89 the firm style changed to C. F. Moulton & Co., 
by Mr. P. H. Montgomery entering 'the firm, but in 
February 1891, Mr. Moulton assumed full control again. 
Mr. C. F. Moulton is a native of Thorndike, Me. All 
classes of trade are catered to, and shoes for working 
and for dress wear may be purchased here to equal ad- 
vantage. Ladies", Gents', Children's and Misses' goods 
are dealt in, and the lowest market rates are quoted on 
all the articles handled. Competent assistance is em- 
ployed, and as the proprietor gives close personal at- 
tention to customers, every caller is assured immediate 
and polite service. 

J. J. EEVOL, Practical Furrier. Sealskin 
Jackets, Mantles, Ac, Re-Dyed and Re-Made into 
Present Fashion, Equal to New. Furs of Every De- 
scription Repaired and Re-Made into Another Style; as 
Capes, Muffs, Collarettes, Boas, Trimmings, &c. 243 
Middle Street, Portland, Me. Those experienced in 
such matters need not be told that the appearance and 
durability of fur garments depend at least as much upon 
their making as upon the quality of the stock, and that 
the finest furs may easily be injured if not ruined by 
being entrusted to incompetent hands to make up. 
Hence it is important to exercise careful discrimination 
in the placing of orders for furrier's work, especially 
when one cannot aftbrd to pay fancy prices, and we take 
pleasure in recommending Mr. J. J. Revol to those re- 
quiring the services of a practical and skilful furrier, 
for he is a thoroughly competent and reliable workman, 
as is indicated by the fact of his having been employed 
as cutter for two years, by the representative house, 
Bvron. Greenough & Co. Mr. Revol's rooms are 
located at No. 243 Middle Street, first floor, where every 
facility necessary for carrying on operations to the best 
advantage is provided. Special attention is given to 
repairing; sealskin jackets, mantles, etc., being re-dyed 
and re-made into the latest style so they will be as good 
as when new ; and every description of fur repairing 
being done in first-class style at short notice. 

GEOEGE HUDSON, Manufacturer and Deal- 
er in Choice Home-Made Confectionery, 571 Congress 
Street, Portland. Me. A very old established enterprise 
of its kind is that conducted by Mr. George Hudson at 
No. .571 Congress Street, it having been inaugurated in 
1862, and successfully continued ever since. Mr. Hud- 
son was born in Maine, and is almost universally known 
in Portland both in business and social circles. He is a 
manufacturer and dealer in choice home-made confec- 
tionerv ; utilizing premises comprising two floors, each 
of about 1,200 feet in size, and being prepared to fill 
either large or small orders at short notice, as both a 
wholesale and retail business is done, and pure confec- 



tionery can be furnished in quantities to suit at the 
lowest market rates. Mr. Hudson also deals in station- 
ery and toys, and offers an assortment which will repay 
careful inspection, and is sufficiently varied to admit of 
^11 tastes and purses being suited. Three assistants are 
employed, and all callers are given immediate attention. 

MITCHELL & FOWLER, Sailmakers, No. 6 
Central Wharf, Portland, Me. The business conducted 
by Messrs Mitchell & Fowler at No. 6 Central WTiarf 
was founded in 1852 by S. C. Munsey & Co. Mr. Robt. 
Mitchell became proprietor in 1S90, and the present firm 
was formed in 1891. Mr. Robert Mitchell is a native of 
Portland, and Mr. Sewell T. Fowler is also a native of 
this city, and both are experienced men in their line of 
business. The premises made use of, contain every 
necessary facility for successfully carrying on their 
business. The firm's business is sailmaking, and as 
they devote their whole personal attention to it they 
command quite an important trade. All sails manufac- 
tured by them are made of dependable material in a 
thoroughly workmanlike manner and at very moderate 
rates. Repairing in all its branches is given prompt 
and careful attention, the work being so neatly and 
thoroughly done that entire satisfaction can be confi- 
dently guaranteed. 

F. L. RANKIN, Teacher of Piano, 537 Con- 
gress Street, Room 7, Portland, Me. "There is no royal 
road to learning," and the attainment of skill as a 
musician is not possible without faithful and persistent 
study and practice. No matter how competent, earnest 
and experienced a teacher one may have, but it is none 
the less a fact that an almost infinite amount of time and 
trouble may be saved by having the aid of such an in- 
structor, and the expense involved is much more than 
compensated for by the benefit gained. One of the most 
thoroughly equipped and successful teachers of the 
piano carrying on operations in Portland is Mr. F. L. 
Rankin, and the success this gentleman has met with is 
due not less to his enthusiastic devotion to his profession 
than to his intimate acquaintance with its practical de- 
tails. A really enthusiastic teacher inspires like en- 
thusiasm in his pupils, and his example robs daily prac- 
tice of much of the monotony and irksomeness it would 
otherwise possess. Mr. Rankin occupies completely 
equipped rooms at No. .")37 Congress street, and the ben- 
efit of the tuition of this trained and careful teacher is 
appreciated by a large class of select pupils. Mr. 
Rankin is a native of Portland, and has many profes- 
sional friends and acquaintances here. 

W. H. KOHLING, Merchant Tailor, 472 
Congress St., Portland Me. Without questioning the 
fact that it is absurd to spend more than one can afl'ord 
on dress it may yet be maintained that the truest econ- 
omy is to be found in purchasing first-class garments, 
for no others will long remain presentable and the 
difference in price between first-grade and second or 
third-grade clothing is much less than many persons 
suppose. In proof of this we may call the attention of 
our readers to the prices quoted by Mr W. H. Kohling, 
at No. 472 Congress St., T/ancaster Building. Mr. 
Kohling is as far as can be from being a " cheap tailor," 
that is he doesn't depend upon the lowness of his prices 
for patronage, but on the contrary eaters to the most 
fastidious trade and produces garments unsurpassed in 
this city in style, fit, workmanship, etc., and yet his 
charges are but little higher than those of houses turn- 
ing out work far inferior in every respect. He is a na- 
tive of Germany, began his present business in 1870, 
and has built up a most extensive and select trade. 
Orders are assured prompt attention and will be del- 
ivered without fail at the time promised. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



SCANLAN & 

Co., Manufacturers 
and Dealers in 
Automatic antf 
Throttling Eu- 
gines. Boilers, Hor- 
izontal and \>rti- 
eal. Portable and 
Stationary, S a w 
/ Mills, Shingle Mills 
/ and Grist Mills, 
Wood- Working Ma- 
chinerv for sash 
and hllnd factoiies, 
furniture, chair and 
)i a n d 1 e factories, 
box shops, cooper 
.. shops. .Spool Stock 
. and .Stave Machin- 
ery, Shafting, 
Ilaugers, Pulleys, 
Belting, Saws, Oils, 
and general mill 
supplies, Corre- 
^spondence solicited 
and satisfaction 
'guaranteed. Com- 
plete plans fur- 
' Dished, 98 Preble 
Street, Portland, 
' Maine. The use of 
machinery of the 
most improved type 
is so essential to 
~ success in manufac- 
"" turing operations 
nowdays that too 
much care cannot 
be exercised in the 
" placing of orders 
so as to ensure 
being supplied with 
^ the most efficient 
^ ^ machinery on the 
■"j^^Jvji X ~ niarket, and we 
•f'^'^ftv" may save some of 
our readers consid- 
erable trouble by 
calling their atten- 
tion to the facilities 
])ossessod by Mes- 
srs. Scanlan & Co., 
for iliis linn are in 
a i)<).sition to guai- 
antee satisfaction 
to their customers 
and to fill all orders 
at sliort notice aud 
at the lowest jire- 
vailing rates. 'J'liey 
are manufacturers 
of .ind dealers in 
a u t oma t ic and 
throttling engines, 
^horizontal and ver- 
tical, portable and 
stationery boilers, shingle mills and grist mills, and 
wood-working machinery of all descriptions for sash and 
blind factories, furniture, chair and handle factories, 
box shops, cooper shi)i)S, spool factories, etc., shafting, 
liangi-rs, imlleys, bolting, saws, oils and general mill 
supplies will be furnished in (juantitics to suit, and a 
specialty is made of supplying complete plants 
the concern being prejiarcd to figure very closely 
on such orders. Correspondence is solicited and ail 




communications are assured immediate and careful at 
teution. The premises made use of are located at No. 9S 
Preble street, and the business is owned and managed 
by Messrs. Scanlan, who is a native of Augusta. Maine, 
and is widely known among manufacturers throughout 
this section. 

J. J. LAPPIN & CO., Floiif, Giaiu and Hay; 
Telephone, lG5;Cor. Fore and Pearl Streets. Portland, 
Me. There is no denying the fact that great advantages 
are to be gained by dealing with firms making a specialty 
of certain commodities, and, although this rule like all 
others has its exceptions, it certainly holds good as 
regards flour, grain and hay when ordered from the old- 
established house of John J. Lappin & Co This concern 
was formed in 187G, the partners being Messrs. John .1. 
and Thos. J. I^:ippiii. Their premises are on the corner 
of Pearl and Fore streets, in a large frame building 
erected by the firm in 187G, where they have constantly 
on hand a large aud selected stock of all kinds of grain 
and feed, hay and straw ready for shipment and delivery 
on short notice. 'This firm do a very large winter bu-^i- 
ness. in connection with livestock export cattle trade on 
the English steamers thatsail from Portland to Liverpool 
and Bristol, Eng. It speaks well for the reputation of 
the firm that they have held this trade continuously for 
fourteen seasons. The firm are proprietors of the Capisic 
mill, Deering. Me., which is under the management of 
their father, Mr. Hugh Kappin ; the Lappius are of a 
family of millers. It has passed from father to son for 
generations in the Xorth of Ireland, where the Lappin 
family were widely known for high grade of oatiyeals 
from their mills. John J. Lappin has served in the city 
council of Portland, is a member of the board of trade, 
and both gentlemen are widely and favorably known in 
social and business circles in tlie city and state. 

PEARL STREET DINING ROOMS, A. F. 

Welch, Proprietor, Nos. 21, 'i.'! and 2.") Pearl Street, Port- 
land, Me. It is often said that " the way to a man's 
heart is through his stomach," and certain it is that we 
are so constituted that an appetizing aud abundant meal 
has a wonderful efl'ect in making us feel at peace with 
all mankind, while, ou the contrary, a badly prepared or 
scanty dinner js verv apt to stir up whatever ugliness 
there may be lying dormant in our breasts. Therefore, 
we feel that we are doing something towards making 
mankind happier when we call attention to the service 
rendered at the Pearl Street Dining Rooms, for the 
proprietor of this establishment not only believes in 
feeding his guests well, but has the facilities and the 
ability to do so to the best advantaTO. The premises are 
located at Nos. 21, 2.'! and 2.5 PeaH street, they have a 
seating capacity for eighty-six guests, and are completely 
fitted up, being supplied with every facility to enhance 
the comfort and convenience of patrons. Mr. .\. F. 
Welch, the proprietor of this popular dining-rooin, has 
carried it on since 1889, and is a successor to W. W. 
Ruby. Mr. Welch has thoroughly rrnovated the estab- 
lishment, and has seventeen furnished rooms in connec- 
tion with his dining room. He solicits patronage, and 
deserves unstinted coumiendation for his intelligent 
efTorts to cater to all tastes, and his policy of producing 
substantial and palatable food at ))rices satisfactory to 
the most economically disposed. Mr. Welch is a native 
of Westbrook, Me., and gives the many details of his 
business careful i)ersonal attention, the result being that 
the service is maintained at the highest standard of 
efficiency Jind the popularity of the enterprise is con- 
stantly "and raj>idly increasing. Kiglit assistants are 
employed, and the bill of fare is so varied that all tastes 
cau be suited, while the dinners provided are marvels of 
cheapness considering the variety and excellence of the 
viands they comprise. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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HARMON & HOSMER. Attorneys for 
Prosecution of War Claims. It is unquestionably true, 
that time and money can be saved and favorable results 
rendered more sure to applicants for pensions, etc., by 
the emploj ment of a competent agent at or near their 
homes, where all the necessary evidence to establish the 
claim must be looked up, sifted out, and put into in- 
telligent form. In an original claim, proof is required 
that the disabilities for wliich pension is claimed were 
contracted in service and line of duty, cerliticate of an 
officer to establish the same, and also of surgeon or 
assistant surgeon for treatment while in the service, and 
also proof of all medical attendance after discharge, and 
evideace of neighbors, fellow workmen, etc., showing 
to what extent the soldier has been disabled from year 
to year from performing manual labor. If a Washing- 
ton attornej' has been employed, he merely calls on the 
applicant to furnish such proof, and then the claimant 
begins to realize the mistake he has made by going 
away from home for an attorney, but he cannot abandon 
him and employ someone else, he must go to the ex- 
pense of furnishing this proof or go without his pension ; 
and to properly prepare this evidence, the services of a 
trained and skilful attorney is required. In this con- 
nection we take pleasure in calling attention to the ex- 
ceptional facilities possessed by Messrs. Harmon & 
Hosmer, for the prosecution of war claims of every de- 
scription. Mr. Harmon has been in successful practice 
for over forty years, which we venture to say is longer 
than thai, of any other claim attorney in the country ; 
and the following extract from the Lewiston Journal 
will show how well qualified Mr. Hosmer is for the 
business he has taken up: " E. H. Hosmer, Esq., for 
many years special examiner for the pension office, has 
resigned that position, and engaged in business with Z. 
K. Harmon, of Portland, widely known as a veteran of 
forty years experience in the prosecution of war claims. 
Mr. Hosmer has an excellent war record, having enlisted 
early in 1861, as a private, being four times wounded 
.and twice captured, continuing in the United States ser- 
vice four years and a half, during which he was pro- 
moted through the various grades, until on the day he 
was twenty-one he was commissioned as colonel, which 
rank he held at discharge. Since the war, he has had 
nearly twenty years experience in the Civil Depart- 
ments at Washington, having served in nearly every 
division of the U. S. Pension Office, and for six years 
here in Maine as special examiner of pension claims. 
With such experience as this firm has had, they can 
justly claim to be experts in all war claims, and there 
can be no need of anyone in Maine sending to Washing- 
ton to employ an attorney." We have onlj' to add that 
their office is in the Davis Building corner of Exchange 
and Congress Streets, and that callers are assured of 
prompt and polite attention, with no charge for advice 
or services, unle-s successful. 



C. H. & F. W. LOMBARD, Fancy Groceries, 
Teas, Coflees and Spices. 47 Portland Street, Telephone 
11.5-F. Beef, Pork, Hams, Ac, Country Produce, 49 
Portland Street. Fish Market, 100 Portland; Street, 
Telephone 418. Americans consume immense quantities 
of meats as compared with those of other nationalities, 
but probably the reason for this is found in the fact that 
although we may not be fonder of flesh food than other 
people, we certainly are better able, generally speaking, 
to buy it. The advocates of a vegetable diet may say 
what they please regarding the alleged advantage of 
that kind of food, but as long as our country maintains 
its present leading position among nations, we may 
be well content to rely on that which has served us so 
well in the past, not only to live on, but also to work on 
and even to tight on; and no better establishment can 
be found at which to replenish our exhausted force than 



those conducted under the name of C. H. & F. W. 
Lombard. The grocery and me.at establishment is 
located at Nos. 47 and 49 Portland Street, and is in 
charge of Mr. C. H. Ijombard, while the flsh market at 
No. 100 Portland Street is conducted by Mr. F. W. 
Lombard. The stock constantly dealt in consists of 
fancy groceries, teas, coffees, and spices, also beef, 
pork, hams, etc., as well as country produce, and fish of 
all kinds. The grocery and meat establishment is 40x50 
feet in dimensions, and is connected by telephone llo-F, 
while the fish market covers an area of 20x25 feet and 
has telephone No. 418. Five capable and courteous 
assistants are employed, and all orders are accurately 
filled and promptly delivered. This house was origin- 
ally founded by Mr. J. S. Lombard about twenty-five 
years ago, a few years later the firm's name was 
changed to J. S. Lombard & Son, they being succeeded 
in 1883 by C. W. Lombard & Co., the present firm being 
formed in 1887. Messrs. Charles H. and Frank W. 
Lombard are both natives of Truro, Mass., and have 
hosts of friends in this vicinity. 

SAMUEL DAVIS, Clothing, Furnishings and 
Jewelry, No. 330 Fore Street, Portland, Me.— Every man 
cannot be an expert in judging clothing and other com- 
modities which he is obliged to buy from f.ime to time, 
but every man can at least exercise intelligent discrimi- 
nation in placing his orders with reputable and 
responsible dealers, and if this be done, there is no fear 
of meeting with imposition. Nor is it necessary to pay 
fanc.y prices in order to be sure of obtaining dependable 
goods. Mr. Samuel Davis, doing business at No. 330 
Fore street, Portland, handles clothing, furnishings and 
jewelry, offering the latest styles to choose from, but 
nevertheless he quotes bottom figures on all articles 
handled, and a complete outfit may be had of him for a 
comparatively small amount of money. He is a native of 
Russia, and has been identified with his present 
establishment since 1890, so that the public have become 
acquainted with his methods, and that these are popular, 
his growing business abundantly proves. The store is 
about 200 square feet in dimensions, and contains a large 
assortment of clothing, furnishings and jewelry. Mr. 
Davis buys, sells and trades in watches, chains, etc.. and 
does an extensive business in this department alone. He 
employs a sufficient force of assistants, and prompt and 
polite service is assured to all, while the stock is always 
complete and attractive. 

JAMES HARPER, Manufacturer of Lasts of 
Every Description, particular attention paid to Cutting 
Outer and Inner Patterns, 161 and 163 Kennebec Street, 
Portland, Me. The enterprise carried on by Mr. James 
Harper is deserving of especial prominent mention in a 
historical review of representative business undertak- 
ings if only for the fact that Mr. Harper is the oldest 
last manufacturer in the United States. He is a native 
of England, and carried on business for about six years 
in Boston before coming to Portland in 1863, and be- 
ginning operations here as a member of the firm of 
Harper & Smith, who were the fi.'-st and for some years 
the only last manufacturers in Maine. .Since 1872 Mr. 
Harper has been sole proprietor. He utilizes premises 
at Nos. 161 and 163 Kennebec street, having an area of 
about 5,000 square feet and fitted up with improved 
machinery for the manufacture of lasts of every de- 
scription, employment being given to five competent 
assistants, and all orders being accurately filled at short 
notice and at low rates. Particular attention is given 
to cutting outer and inner patterns, and we need hardly 
say that a manufacturer of Mr. Harper's long and varied 
experience is in a position to meet all competition, both 
as rpgards the quality of his productions and the prices 
quoted on the same. 



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When all laundry work was done by hand, it appeared 
perfectly natural that there should be a great deal of 
difl'erence iu the results attained by different washer- 
wonieu, l)ut wlien hand-work was superseded by 
machinery many believed that it would make no particu- 
lar ditl'ereuce where one had his laundryiiig done for the 
standard would be the same at all public laundries. For 
a time this was substantially so, but that time has long 
since gone by, and at present some laundries turn out 
work which is uniformly excellent, while others turnout 
work which is almost as uniformly bad, and of course It 
is well worth while to so place your orders as to have 
nothing to do with the latter establishments. In this 
connection it is fitting that we should make mention of 
the facilities connected with the Globe Steam Laundry, 
for the results here attained are unsurpassed by any 
laundry in the State, and the service is as prompt and 
reliable as it is first-class in other respects. 'I'his laundry 
was opened in 1870, but since ]S87has been carried on by 
Mr. T. J. Frothingham, who is a native of New York 
State and is thorouglily familiar with every detail of the 
business. Spacious premises located at Nos. 30-32 Tem- 
ple street, are utilized, and the plant of machinery is 
very complete and is of the most improved type, enabling 
work to be done at very short notice and without injury 
to the most delicate fabric. The Globe Laundry makes 
a specialty of stock work. 



CA:\rERON & LEATIIE, Confoctionory, 
Fruits, Nuts and Cigars, No. 200 Middle Street, Portland, 
Me. The advantages of buying from the manufacturer 
are generally considerable no matter what kind of goods 
may be wanted, but they are particularly noteworthy 
when confectionery is concerned, for confectionery 
depends on its freshness for much of its value, and 
besides, one buying direct from the maker is much more 
apt to get pure goods than one buying from a dealer who 
may mean all right and still handle candies whose purity 
would not pass muster. Messrs. Cameron & I.eathe are 
manufacturers of as well as dealers in confectionery, 
and the magnitude of tiieir business shows that the Port- 
land public appreciate the iidvantages we have hinted at. 
The firm is composed of Messrs. D. S. Cameron and .1. 
\V. Leathe, the former a native of Boston and the latter 
of this city. These gentlemen became associated in ISS."), 
and succeeded Messrs. Greeideaf & Sawyer, who hatl 
carried on operations since 1870. The premises occupied 
are located at No. 200 Middle street, and contain a fine 
stock, not only of confectionery, but also fruits, nuts, 
cigars, etc. They have put lu a fine soda fountaiu of 



their own design, they manufacture their own 
syrups, hence are pure and like their confec- 
tionery uniformly reliable, the prices low, 
and the service is prompt and courteous at all 
times. 



MR>^. A. M. HODSDOX, Fancy 
Goods, No. 92 Portland Street, Portland, Me. 
The value and desirability of a stock of goods 
depend more upon quality than quantity, and 
this is particularly the case where such articles 
as fancy goods are concerned, so it may be 
safely asserted that no more attractive assort- 
ment can be found in Portland than that 
offered by Mrs. A. M. Jlodsdon, for this is 
selected with exceptional skill and care, and 
com|)rises the latest fashionable novelties, 
while it is sufficiently varied to suit all tastes 
and all purses. Mrs. ITodsdon began opera- 
tions in 1S77, and hasbuilt up a very desirable 
trade, her success being due not only to the 
attractiveness of the goods offered, but also 
to the moderate charges made iu every depart- 
ment of the business and the promptness with 
which orders are filled. Fancy goods may bo obtained 
here at the lowest market prices, the assortment being 
choice and of great variety. Mrs. flodsdon's establish- 
ment is located at No. i)2 Portland street, where callers 
are always welcome, goods being cheerfully shown and 
prices quoted. 

C. H. JONES & CO., Piimibiiifr and Steam 
Fitting, No. 220 Federal Street, Portland, Me. The busi- 
ness carried on by Messrs. C. H. Jones & Co. was estab- 
lished in 1887. This firm is made up of C. II. .(ones and 
Elmer K. Adams, both natives of this city. The 
premises occupied are located at No. 220 Federal street, 
and a speciality of all kinds of plumbing and tin roofing, 
etc. The concern carry a full stock of plumbers" suj)- 
plies, including sheet lead and lead pipe, water closets 
and wash bowls, baths and sinks, etc., which tliey are 
prepared to set up and offer at the lowest market rates, 
and which with the aid of from two to six assistants, 
enables them to fill all orders at very short notice; a full 
assortment of plain, galvanized and brass pipe and fit- 
tings of all descriptions and other plumbers' supplies is 
carried, together with a fine lot of good« in their line 
comi)rising the latest fashionable novelties, as well as 
plain styles for business use. Prices are moderate, and 
the firm give their personal supervision to all work 
ordered and all work warranted. 

G. S. WATERHOUSE, Dealer in IMillinery 
and Fancy Goods, Uibbons, Laces, Ready Trimmed flats 
a Specialty ; .'i48 Congress Street, Second Door East of 
Oak, Portland, Me. The advantages offered by Portland 
as a purchasing centre are many and various, — so many 
in fact that no verbal description can do them justice, 
the only way to gain a really adequate conception of 
them being to persouallj' visit the leading stores in each 
line of business and note the heavy stocks carried and 
the low prices quoted. Sucli a tour of inspection would 
be sadly incomplete did it not include a visit to the 
establishment conducted by Mr. G. S. Waterhouse. at 
No. .")-l8 (^ongress street, second door east of Oak street, 
for this is a truly representative store, and always con- 
tains a very large and complete assortment of nnllinery 
and fancy goods, trimmed and untrinmied hats and bon- 
nets, ribbons, feathers, flowers, laces, etc., the stock of 
ribbons being especially noti'worthy from the fact that 
it is the largest in the city. It always includes the very 
latest novelties in patterns and shades, and the prices 
quoted in this department, and indeed in all departments 
of the business, are invariably as low as the lowest. It 



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is scarcely necessary to add that an extensive trade is 
enjoyed, especially as this enterprise has been carried on 
more than fifteen years, and hence is very widely as well 
as favorably Ijnown. Employment is given to ten assist- 
ants during the busy season. 

C. B. DALTOX & CO., Dealers in Poultry 
Supplies; Egg Cases and Fillings a Specialty; No. 122 
Green Street, Portland, Me. Among the industries of 
Portland and Cumberland County, poultry raising may 
be classed as one of the most important. To such an 
extent has it iacrea=ed and such a specialty has it 
become that firms known as "Poultry Supply Houses" 
have become numerous. Tlie oldest and perhaps the best 
known of the dealers in this line of goods is the firm of 
Messrs. C. B. Dalton & Co. of 122 Green street. They 




cater solely to the poultry trade, keeping in stock every- 
thing needed for the successful carrying on of the 
business. Among their specialties may be noted Dirigo 
egg food, wheat, barley, buckwheat, ground oyster 
shell -i. poultry bone, bone meal, beef scraps, egg cases 
and fillings, incubators, brooders, etc. The sale of 




incubators has so rapidly increased of late, that no suc- 
cessful poultryman means to be without them. The cut 
represents a one hundred egg machine. By this method, 
no eggs are broken, you have no destroying vermin and 
no troubling with setting hens. The quarters occupied 
bj' the firm are large and well-adapted for the carrying 
over of their large and growing business. Their goods 
are shipped west as far as Salt Lake City; north, 
throughout Canada, and south as far as South Carolina, 
showing their wholesale department to be no small part 
of their business. 



MOREILL & ROSS, Dealers in Groceries and 
Provisions; Goods Delivered in Any Part of the City; 
Telepl;one, 414; No. (171 Congress Street, (State Street 
Square), Portland, Me. The house of Morrill & Ross 
enjoy an enviable reputation in connection with the sale 
of groceries and provisions, and on visiting the store 
earned on by these gentlemen at No. 671 Congress 
street, it soon becomes evident that their reputation is 
well deserved, for one meets with prompt and courteous 
attention, and the stock on hand to choose from is 
certainly large and varied enough to suit the most 
critical taste. It embraces first-class staple and fancy 
groceries and provisions of all kinds, and in fact every- 
thing which can be enumerated in the line of produce. 
The goods are all right, the prices are all right and the 
service is all right, so the n.atural conclusion is that 
Messrs. Morrill & Ross must be doing a very large busi- 
ness — a conclusion which we are happy to say is fully 
warranted by the facts. Messrs. Morrill & Ross began 
business operations in Portland in 188.5, and their trade 
has been steadily increasing ever since. The premises 
occupied comprise two floors and a basement each 20 by 
60 feet in dimensions, and is well filled with the large 
and varied stock handled. In summer Messrs. Morrill 
& Ross have a store on Great Diamond Island. They are 
both natives of Maine, and are widely known in the 
mercantile circles of this city. Giving close personal 
attention to their business, and employing six efficient 
assistants, it is not to be wondered at that orders by 
telephone 414 or otherwise delivered, are promptly filled 
to the entire satisfaction of their customers. 



HAMLIX'S I. X. L. LAUXDRY, 401 Con- 
gress Street. Fine work a Specialty. Shirts made to 
order. Repairing neatly done. F. H. Hamlin, Prop. 
That public laundries have " come to stay " is of course 
evident to even the least observing person, but tliose 
who are not especially interested in the matter have no 
idea of the rapidity with which the practice of sending 
family washing to such establishments is spreading — a 
rapidity so great that it is apparently only a question of 
a few years when practically every ordinarily well-to- 
do familly will adopt tliis course. It certainly has much 
to commend it, and it receives the powerful aid of physi- 
cians of all scliools, who agree that doing the family 
washing at home is a fruitful cause of disease, for rea- 
sons which should be obvious to every intelligent per- 
son. There are public laundries unworthy of patron- 
age, no doubt, but these are marked exceptions, the 
majority of such establishments being honorably and 
skilfully managed. Prominent among the latter class 
should be placed that known as Hamlin's I. X. L. 
Laundry located at No. 401 Congress street, for the 
work done here is equal to the best ; the finest fabrics 
are not injured in handling; the service is prompt and 
reliable Jind the charges are uniformly moderate. The 
proprietor is Mr. F. H. Hamlin, a native of Oxford, Me. 
This gentleman has had an extended practical ex- 
perience and hence is well qualified to attain thoroughly 
satisfactory results. Mr. Hamlin has been identified 
with the laundry business since 1879 and established 
the first successful laundry in this city, the Hamlin 
American Laundry located on Temple St., also later the 
"Eureka Laundry" Temple St., and also the Hamlin 
Laundry on Tenter St. The present Laundry is located 
most centrally at No. 401 Congress ft., and has an area 
of over lOOO" sq. feet. an<i fitted up with the latest 
improved facilities. Ten competent assistants are em- 
ployed, and a specialty is made of fine work. ' Shirts 
are also made to order, and repairing is neatly done. 
All work is done by hand and satisfaction is guaranteed 
in every case. M!r. Hamlin was in the War of the 
Rebellion and is now a member of the G. A. R. 



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THE MAINE :\rUTUAL ACCIDENT Asso- 
ciation of Portlaiul, Me. Pres., Augustus F. .Moulton ; 
Adjuster, Fraiilc II. Boothby; C. H. Boothby, Secretary 
and Manager, '.»s Kxchange Street, Portland, Me. The 
Maine Mutual Accident Association was organized in 
April 1884. began business the followir'g October, and 
was chartered by act of the Legislature in January, 
1887. This association was formed for the purpose of 
furnishing thoroughly dependable accident insurance at 
tlie lowest cost consistent with equity, and it is but 
simple justice to say that it has fully justified the claims 
of its founders and has proved that their announced 
determination to " build up an association that shall be 
an honor to the officers, a credit to the State of Maine, 
and a certain protection to the insured" was made in 
good faith and has been and is still being executed 
with most commendable ability and zeal. .Ml just 
claims are paid promptly and in full, and the liberaliiy 
of the policy and excellence of the raanag-ment are 
proved by the fact that the association pays more bene- 
fits than any other company doing business in the State 
without increasing the cost; the record showing that 
since organization the association has annually paid a 
claim lo more than one in six of all insured. The 
amount paid in case of death ranges from .S-"),0()0 to .$l.jO, 
according to occupation, and the weekly idemnity 
varies from §.j.00 to S2.'i.()0. and cannot exceed hi weeks 
for one accident. This is the only company in the State 
that pays for partial disability. These idemnities are 
offered at remarkably low rates, and the policy of the 
Association towards members is very liberal, injuries 
received while engaged in gymnastics or athletic sports 
for amusement, or in attempting to save human life 
being covered by the policies issued. In short, the 
advantages offered are such that no man can afford to 
remain in ignorance of them and there is certainly no 
excuse for doing so for rrpplication blanks, rates and 
full information will cheerfully be given on application 
in person or by letter to Mr. C. 11. IJoothby, .Secretary, 
Xo. its Exchange St. I'ernemhcr, the cost of insurance 
iir this association is within the means of all, while the 
benefits derived in case of death or total or i)artial 
disability may irrake all the ditterence between comfort 
and destitution. 

KNIGHT BROS., Bniss Founders, Ship 
Plumbers, arrd Manufacirtrrrers of Ship. Vacht and 
Steanrboat Trimmings, f 'omiiosition Castings. 'MO Fore 
Street, Portland, Me. It is important to have plumbing 
work of any description skilfully and duritbly done, but 
it is especially important that ship i)lumbing shoirld be 
first-class in every respect, for repairs are not easily 
made on the ocearr, arrd the danger to health which is 
the most serious consequence of defective plumbing is 
greatly intensified by the conditions pr-evailiiig on ship 
board, llence careful discrirrrination should be exer- 
cised in the placing of ord<!rs for rrrarine plumbing, and 
we take pleasure in callirrg attention to the" facilities 
possessed by Messrs. Kiiigirt Bros., for they rrrake a 
leading sj)ecialty of such work and have both the dis- 
position and the ability to attain results erjual to the 
best. The Hnrr is constituted of Messrs. Algernon and 
William 11. Knight, both of whont ai'e rrative.s"of Fal- 
mouth, aud are well-known in brtsiness circles through- 
out this section. They occupy three floors and a base- 
ment, located at No. '.iii) Fore Str-eet, and ei|uipi>ed with 
all necessary facilities for the carrying on of brrsiness 
a« brass fouitders, ship plumbers arrd rirarrufacturers of 
ship, yacht and steamboat trimnririgs, composition 
casilrrgs, etc. The lirm deal in sheet copper, copper 
bolts, copper wire, sheet brass, brass wire, rods and 
tubing, composition bolts and trimmirrgs, etc.; doing 
both a wholesale and retail business and fliling all 
orders promptly and at the lowest market rates. 



N. E. EEDLOX, Mason and Builder, Job 
Work I romptly attended to. Office Federal Street, oppo- 
site King & Dexter's. If there were a kind of directory 
kept in every household, of reliable business houses of 
various kinds, it would unquestionably save at times 
much trouble and vexation. .Vccidents, we are told, are 
bound to occur in the best i-egulated families, and this 
being the case, no one knows how soon the service of a 
plumber, carpenter, upholster-er, mason, or in fact almost 
any skilled workman may be required. We can at least 
direct our readers where to find a competent, reliable 
and experitnced mason and builder, for Mr. X. E. P.ed- 
lon, whose office is located on Federal street, (opposite 
King & Dexter's) fully answers to the descriptiorr. and 
during the twent\-five years that he has been engaged in 
his present line of business he has proved himself cap- 
able of fliling the most difficult orders with accuracy and 
celerity. The Maine Gener-al Hospital extension, was 
built by hiirr in 1890, also the .Jose block, corner of 
Preble and Cumberland streets, and rrrany other build- 
ings, which our limited space will not allow us to men- 
tion. Mr. Redlon is a practical mason and builder, giv- 
ing employment to fr-om iTt to ."lO workmert, and is there- 
fore pr-epared to give all orders pronrpt and intelligent 
attention. Job work of all kinds will be done at short 
notice, and care will be takerr to see that the interests of 
custonrers are protected, for Mr. Redlon gives close per- 
sonal attention to the carrying out of orders, and strives 
to give complete satisfaction in every case. Ills prices 
are always moderate and fair and it is rrot surprising 
that his business should steadily increase. Mr. Redlon 
is a native of Buxton, Maine, and is very well known 
throughout Portland where he has been connected with 
the city government as Councilman and .\lderman, and 
has been a member of the .State Legislature. lie is con- 
nected with several of Portlatrd's pr-orninent irrdustries 
being president of the Ca'sco Carbonized and Cement 
Pipe Co., also pr-esident of the Portlatrd Radiator arrd 
Heating Co. and a director of the Portland Building and 
Loan Association. 



FAHJMNOTON ^: MANN. Mamifactuiei.-< of 
House Finish ami Moldings of all Kirrds; Gutters. Irour 
Fratrrcs. Brackets, Piazza Posts, Newell Posts and 
Balusters Odd Mill Work a Specialty. Kilu Dried 
Oak. Ash, Cherry and Walnut Lunilicr Kept in .Stock. 
No. K! Bracketl's Mill. Kennebec Str'eet, corner Hanover, 
Portlaird, 5Ie. Among Portland establishrrrents devoted 
to the manufacture of house finish and mouldings, that 
conducted by Messrs. Farrington & Mann deserves 
especial 1}' pr'ominent nrention both by reason of the 
excellence of the work done and the promptness and 
accuracy with which orders are filled, 'i'he business 
was carried on for some ten year-s by Mr. Charles 
Jensen, who was succeeded in 18S9 by the preserrt firm, 
consisting of Messrs. Z, R. Farrirrgiorr aird Albert F. 
Maim, both of whom itre natives af Holden, Maine. 
The premises made use of are located at No. 13 Brack- 
etfs Mill, Kennebec .Street, corner of Hanover, an<l 
compr-ise 4 large rooms exclusive of commodious dry 
rooms. The shop is fitted up with a complete plain of 
wood-ivorking machinery of the most approved type, 
adai)ted to the manufacture of house finish and mould- 
ings of all kinds, gutters, door frames, br-ackets, piazza 
posts, Newell posts, and balusters. A leading speciality 
Is made of odd mill work, such orders being promptly 
and accurately filled at reasonable rates. .V good 
assortment of kiln-tlried oak, ash. cherry, and wahiut 
lumber is kept iir stock, and any or all of these com- 
modities will be furnis-hed at regular market rates. 
Employment is given to about 12 assistants, and both 
members of the firm give personal attention ti' the 
filling of orders. 



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ESTABLISHED 1842. 



poekland Jjime, l^etuapk and poptland Q^mzn\:, 

Ca cined and Land Plaster, Plastering Hair and Coloring for Mortar. 



No. o coivim:ercia.c vvhark. 



HASKELL & JONES, Tailors and Men's 
Furnishers. Laucaster Building, 470 Congress Street, 
Portland, Maine. The ideal merchant tailoring estab- 
lishment is one where uniformly first-class work is 
turned out, where orders are tilled promptly and deliv- 
ered at the time promised, where clioioe may be had 
from a full assortment of seasonable fabrics, and where 
the prices are moderate under all circumstances. Ideals 



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are not to be met with in this imperfect world but they 
may be very closely approximated, and a case in point 
is that of the tailoring establishment of Messrs. Haskell 
& Jones, for this is one of the besr-mnnaged and most 
efficient houses of the kind in all Xew England and has 
long held the leading position so far as Maine is con- 
cerned. The firm occupy very spacious and well-equip- 
ped premises at No. 470 Congress street, Lancaster 
Building, and carry a heavy stock of imported and do- 
mestic fabrics for gentlemen's wear including the very 
latest fashionable novelties. They also manufacture 
large quantities of clothing for the wholesale trade, 
which finds a ready market in Maine, Vermont and New 
Hampshire. The retail department of this house has 
the patronage of the best trade in Portland and sur- 
rounding towns. Manufacturing all their own clothing 
enables them to place bifore their customers goods of 
guaranteed value, correct style, and superior fit, closely 
resembling custom made clothing. They also carry a 
complete assortment of men's furnishing goods. The 
firm qudte moderate prices, and by employing a large 
force of skilled assistants are enabled to fill orders at 
very short notice. 



PBANK B. CLARK, Fine Stationery, Jewel- 
ry, and novelties. 515 Congress Street. Portland, Me. 
The establishment located at No. 515 Congress Street, 
Portland, occupies a position among the representative 
houses in this vicinity. This is one of the most com- 
plete and attractive establishments of the kind in 
Portland, and carries a reliable stock of goods, embrac- 
ing a fine variety of jewelry, stationery and novelties, 
among which may be found hundreds of things which 
our limited space will not admit of mention. The store 
occupied is 60x18 feet in dimensions, and is divided into 
several departmants for the different lines of goods. Mr. 
Frank B. Clark, the proprietor, is a native of Portland, 
and began business here in 1878, and has conducted it 
from the start in a highly satisfactory manner, both to 
himself and his patrons. \ large circulating library is 
also carried on here, where all the latest as well as 
standard works of the best authors may be found. 
Employment is given to five competent assistants, 
thus all patrons are assured prompt and courteous 
treatment. 



BOSTON BARGAIN STORE, Wholesale and 
P.etail Crockery, Glass, Tinware, Fancy Goods and 
Toys. 433 Congress Street, Portland. Me. The " Bos- 
ton Bargain Store " has long been a prime favorite with 
the purchasing public, and its popularity is so thorough- 
ly well deserved that we take pleasure in making favor- 
able mention of this excellently managed enterprise. 
The business was originally founded by Mr. John Davis, 
who was succeeded by Mr. T. C. New-ell in 18S8, and 
passed under the control of Mr. W. E. Whipple, the 
present nroprietor, in 1889. The store occupied is 
located at No. 4.(3 Congress Street, comprising one floor 
and basement each 20x90 feet in dimensions, they being 
conveniently fitted up and contain as carefully chosen a 
stock as can be found in this city, for Mr. Whipple is au 
experienced and discriminaiing buyer, and is very suc- 
cessful in selecting just such articles as his customers 
require." The assortment is so varied and so abundant 
that detailed mention of it is impossible in these col- 
umns, but some idea of its character and completeness 
may be gained from the fact that it comprises crockery, 
glass, tinware, fancy goods, toys, etc. The latest 
novelties are well represented, and the prices are in 
every instance in strict accordance with the lowest 
market rates. An extensive wholesale and retail busi- 
ness is done, requiring the services of six well informed 
and thoroughly experienced assistants. Callers are 
assured immediate and courteous attention at all times, 
goods being invariably warranted to prove just as rep- 
resented. 



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-'BELKXAP MOTOR COMPANY, Capital, 
050,000. nn, Manufacturers of I,ittle Giant Water Motor, 
Improved. Combined >[otor and Mill '•Cyclone," Corn- 




truth ; it has been shown repeatedly in practice under all 
conditions and can be proved to the satisfaction of any 
unprejudiced person. The Little Giant is made of the 
very best materials ; the wheels beini; 
made of brass securely riveted to- 
gether, the water chute of composi- 
tion metal, the shaft of steel, and the 
other parts of cast iron ; no tin what- 
ever being used. There are but two 
bearings and these are babitted and 
run with the least possible friction. 
The motors are made in various sizes, 
and the following table shows their 
capacities, cost, etc. Table showhig 
approximate horse power, speed per 
minute, size of pulley, and price list 
of the little giant water motors, (Im- 
proved), under (0. GO and 100 pounds 
pressure to a s(iuare inch at motor 
when running. 



2400 


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biued Motor and Dy- 
namo, and Electric 
Motors and Dynamos, 
George W. Brown, 
President and General 
Manager ; Seth L. 
Larrabee, Clerk; 
Charles K. Dyer, 
Treasurer, Office, 22 
K X c h a n g e Street, 
Portland, Maine, II. 
S. A., 'J'ele phone 
801-A, Manufactory 
Pearl Street. The 
Belknap Motor Com- 
pany was incorporated 
in 1890 witli a capital 
of .'$50,000.00 for the 
jnirpose of continuing 
th(; business previous- 
ly carried on by the 
Belknap Water Motor 
Company, organized 
in 1888! Tlie com- 
pany manufacture the 
Little Giant Water 
Motor, which has 
been so greatly im- 
proved IIS to now be 
as superior to the orig- 
inal '• Little Giant " as 
tliat was to all motors 
th;it preceded it in the 
market. It is a marvel 
of strength, simplic- 
ily, durability, cheaj)- 
iM'ss and power, it 
being built on the 
princijile of the tur- 
l>ine, and coin|iaring 
favorably as regard.s 
power with the old style over shot and under shot ])lan 
motors of three times its size. This is the absolute 




The Little Giant Improved Motors 

•ire now in use in all parts of the 
~ ■ iiuntry. and the company have re- 
ceived hundreds of highly favorable 
lesiimoDials of which the following is a fair sample : 

Office, Lord Bros. M'fg Co., Tilton, N. H. 
Belknap Water Mntor Co.. 22 Exchange St.., Portland. 

We herewith hand you check to balance our account 
which please acknowledge and oblige. It is now ten 
days since we started the Little Giant Motor and we 
must say it is doing much more and much better work 
than we expected it to do. We are running our whole 
shop this morning nicely, and people here are much sur- 
prised ; call it one of the seven wonders of the world. 
Very truly, 

THE LORD BROS. MFG. CO. 

The above No. 16 Little Giant put in for the Lord 
Bros, takes the place of a 10-horse power engine 
and saves them great expense. 

As the manuf.acturers know from experience that these 
machines need only be introduced in a locality to create 
a permanent demand for them there, they ofler very 
favorable terms to buyers, not only quoting low prices, 
but selling on installments if desired. The "Cyclone" 
coffee mill is another of the comiiany's productions and 
it is not only as handsome and duraole a collee mill as is 
made but with tlie Little Giant Motor snugly stowed 
away out of sight in its base it will do a wonder- 
ful amount of work so smoothly and easily as to make 
it a pleasure to watch it, and do it cheaply too, for at 
ten cents per one thousand gallons of water it will grind 
five tons of coffee in a year at a cost of $:J.50. The 
" Cyclone " is a great advertising novelty and will draw 
enough extra trade in a year to |)ay for itself. Read 
what one concern thinks of it; many other equally favor- 
able reports have been received : 

POUTI.ANI.. Ml... Feb. 5, 1890. 
Gico. W. BuowN, Gen'l Man. Belknap Water Moter Co. 

'I'his is to certify that we are using one of your Cy- 
clone Coffee .Mills, have had it in use about one month. 
It is a handsome machine, does very nice work and is 
giving entire satisfaction. We have been using a steam 
engine. The motor is a great improvement. 

W. I,. Wii.sON&Co. 

The company also manufacture a combined motor and 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN, 



93 



dynamo for electric lighting that has proved a great suc- 
cess ; and they inauufacture electric motors and electric 
dynamos that do excellent work, but lack of space for- 
bids our making further mention of them, and we must 
refer those desiring information to the general office of 
the company, No. 22 Exchange street, Portland, Maine. 
An illustrated circular will be sent on application and 
special information to meet individual cases, and con- 
ditions of water pressure, distance from street main, 
etc., will cheerfully and promptly be given on receipt of 
the necessary data, on which to base calculations. 

C. A. S. HOLLAND, Commission Merchant, 
Flour, Grain and Mill Feed. Telephone 813-B No. 9 Ex- 
change Street, Portland, Maine. It is an axiura of com- 
merce that in order to sell cheap you must buy cheap 
and in order to buy cheap you must place your orders 
with houses whose facilities are equal to the best. Like 
all oxioms, the truth of this proposition is self-evident, 
but nevertheless it is frequently disregarded and those 
who do so, invariably wonder why success does not at- 
tend their efforts. It is not a difficult matter to ascertain 
what houses in a given city are prepared to ofl'er a thor- 
oughly satisfactory service, and but little inquiry would 
be necessary in order to learn the iact that Mr. C. A. S. 
Holland, who is a commission merchant in flour, grain 
and mill feed, is prepared to furnish anything in his line 
at the lowest market rates and to fill the very heaviest 
orders at remarkably short notice. Mr. Holland is a na- 
tive of this city and has a large circle of friends here. 
He has carried on his present enterprise since 1889, but 
had a long and varied experience previous to that date 
in the flour and feed business and is thoroughly familiar 
with it in every detail. His office is at No. 9 Exchange 
street, is connected by telephone (8i::i-B) and orders sent 
in that way or by mail are assured as prompt and careful 
attention as if given in person. 

A. E. ALEXANDER, Dealer in Stoves, 
Ranges, Hot-Air Furnaces and Kitchen Furnishing 
Goods, Agent for the Adams and West Lake Oil Stoves, 
No. 22 Monument Square, Portland, Me. If fuel cost 
nothing, and if time were of no value, it might be worth 
while to use an old and defective stove, range or fur- 
nace, but as things are it is simply foolishly extravagant 
to do so. Yet many persons think they are practicing 
economy by using some old rattletrap of a stove, or 
some range or furnace made after the style of a dozen 
or more years ago, not appreciating the fact that the 
modern stove will soon pay for itself by the fuel it saves, 
to say nothing of the loss of time avoided by its use, for 
it requires but little attention, and is not only more effi- 
cient but more safe than the stoves of days gone by. 
Nor is the first cost of a modern stove or furnace very 
great, that is if it be bought of the right parties, and in 
this connection we may well call attention to the estab- 
lishment carried on by Mr. A. R. Alexander, at No. 22 
Monument square, for here are the headquarters for 
stoves, ranges, hot-air furnaces, etc.. and customers can 
choose from the , leading styles and be sure of getting 
their orders tilled at bottom rates. This business was 
ai one time conducted by Messrs. Nutter Brothers & 
Co., they being succeeded by Mr. W. D. Ames and he 
by the present proprietor, (who is a native of Harpswell, 
Maine,) in 1884. Mr. Alexander utilizes premises com- 
prising four floors and a basement and measuring 22x70 
feet, and carries a very heavy stock, including a full as- 
sortment of kitchen furnishing goods, and a complete 
line of the famous Adams & Westlake, wire gauze, non- 
explosive oil-stoves, for which goods he is agent. Em- 
ployment is given to from five to seven assistants, and 
every order, large or small, is assured prompt and care- 
ful attention, stoves and furnaces being set up ready for 
use, and guaranteed to do all that was claimed for them 
if used in accordance with directions given. 



R. L. HARDING, Wholesale Oyster House, 
No. 40.S Congress Street, Portland, Ste. The establish- 
ment now conducted by Mr. R. L. Harding was founded 
in 1860 by Messrs. Timmous & Hawes, who were suc- 
ceeded by the present proprietor in 1890. Mr. R. L. 
Harding was born "in Massachusetts, and for a series of 
years was engaged as pilot with the Maine Steamship 
Company and Boston Steam Pai kcr ( imipany. He is 
thoroughly familiar with his present line of business and 
gives his whole personal attention to the many details 
connected with it. The premises utilized are located at 
No. 403 Congress street, and are of the dimensions of 
60 X 20 feet, where a very extensive trade is carried on 
in oysters and clams, which are oftered at both wholesale 
and retail. A finely equipped lunch room is also carried 
on— and meals can be served at all hours of the day and 
night, and patrons are not only assured the best of food 
and excellent cooking, — but also what is still harder to 
find — prompt and polite service. Low prices and first- 
class service make a strong combination, and the popu- 
larity which this establishment has gained since it has 
been under the control of its present proprietor is 
certainly well deserved. 

UNION PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, Tea 

Importers and CofTee Roasters ; Headquarters, No. 79 
Water street, and No. 80 Front street. New York ; No. 
5.51 Congress street, Portland, Me. Prominent among 
the business houses of Portland is that of the Union 
Pacific Tea Co. This establishment was opened here in 
1881 ; it is a branch (of which there are 150 others in the 
principal cities of the United States) of the company's 
house in New York. The premises utilized in Portland 
are of the dimensions of 28 x 50 feet, and are located at 
No. 551 Congress street, where is handled one of the 
most complete stocks of teas and coffees to be found in 
this city. Three competent assistants are employed, and 
prompt attention is given to all orders, which are 
accurately filled and delivered to all parts of the city. 
The manager here— Mr. John M. Kennedy— is an active 
business man who gives close personal attention to all 
details of the business. The Union Pacific Tea Company 
do all their own importing, and can and do guarantee 
all goods offered for sale at their stores to be strictly 
reliable and their success is well merited. 

LITTLEPIELD & CO., Wholesale and Retail 
Dealers in Groceries and Provisions, Ship Stores, etc. ; 
Branch, No. 29 Portland Pier; Branch at Peak's Island; 
No. 7 Custom House Wharf, Portland, Me. The business 
carried on by Messrs. Littlefield & Co. was founded by 
Messrs. Brackett & Co. ten years ago, and since coming 
under the control of the present firm, in 1883, has 
increased with remarkable rapidity, the concern now 
maintaining three establishments, the headquarters being 
at No. 7 Custom House Wharf and there being a large 
branch store at No. 29 Portland Pier and a smaller one at 
Peak's Island, the latter being open in summer only. The 
firm are wholesale and retail dealers in groceries, pro- 
visions, ship stores, etc., and considering the rapid 
development of the business, it seems almost superfluous 
to say that they quote positively bottom prices on goods 
of standard merit. A very heavy and complete stock is 
constantly on hand, it including not only a full line of 
staple groceries, but an exceptionally complete and 
carefully chosen assortment of relishes, preserves, con- 
diments, choice teas aud coffees, absolutely pure spices, 
and fancy groceries in general. An adequate force of 
experienced assistants is employed and equal attention 
is given to wholesale and retail buyers, prompt and 
courteous service being assured to all. Mr. F. L. Little- 
field is a native of Portland, and Mr. M. M. Littlefield of 
Chebeague Island, Maine, both being very generallj' and 
favorably known throughout this section of the state. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



WALTER T. DREW, Pharmacist, cor. Brack- 
ett and Pine Streets, Portland, Maine. The older resi- 
dents of Portland will need no further assurance of the 
i-ompetence and reliability of Mr. Walter I. Drew than 
that afforded bv the fact that he is a worthy successor 
to Mr. A. S. Hinds, for the latter gentleman was for 
years one of tlie leading i>harraacists of the city and 
now that he dovotes himself entirely to manufacturing 
and wholesaling it must be gratifying to him to know 
that the high reputation of his former establishment is 
fully maintained under its present management. Mr. 
Drew is a native of Lawrence, Mass., and succeeded 
Mr. Hinds in 1889. His store at the corner of Brackett 
and Pine Sts., is very completely fitted up and contains 
as carefully chosen and as desirable an assortment of 
Drugs. Medicines and Chemicals as can be found in this 
city. Employment is given to 3 efficient assistants, and 
we need hardiy say that callers are assured prompt and 
polite attention, and that physicians' prescriptions are 
compounded in the most careful and skilful manner at 
short notice luid at moderate rates. A tine stock of 
Proprietory Medicines, Toilet Articles, Fancy Goods, 
etc., is always on hand to choose from, and a compre- 
hensive assortment of the more popular brands of 
cigars, cigarettes, etc.. is also carried, all these goods 
being ofl'ered at prices in strict accordance with the 
lowest market rates. 

J. M. PECK, Photographer, 12 Monument Sq. 
Portland, Me. Copying a specialty. Even the most 
economically disposed are not at all apt to bcgruilg*- the 
money expended for really satisfactory jihoiogiaplis, 
but inferior work of this kind is so absolutely worthless 
that no matter wlietlier one has money to spare or not 
he cannot afTord to place photographic orders without 
takiug some pains to see that they are entrusted to 
competent hands. In photography as in about every- 
thing else " experience is the best teacher" and the fact 
that Mr. .1. M. Peck has carried on the business ever 
since 18G7 goes far to explain the uniform excellence of 
his work. He is a native of Ellsworth, Maine, served 
in the Army during the Hebellion, and was at one time 
connected with the Portland City Council, he being 
very generally known throughout this section in social 
as well as in business circles. His studio is located at 
No. 12 Monument Square and is fitted up with improved 
facilities for the carrying on of photography in all its 
branches. Mr. Peck makes a speciality of copying, and 
mail orders are assured as prompt and careful attention 
as those given in person; old pictures being very care- 
fully handled and returned uninjured in the least to their 
owners. Moderate prices are quoted in every branch 
of photographic work and satisfaction can safely be 
guaranteed to every customer. 



E. S. PENDEXTER, Watchmaker, Jeweler 
and Optician, 501 Congress Street, Portland, Me. Mr. 
E. .S. Pendexter is a jeweler and optician, and began 
business in his present quarters in 1887. He is a native 
of Worcester, Mass. It is very unfortunate that with 
the great increase in the number of fine watches in 
general use of late years, there has not been a corres- 
ponding increase in the nujnber of those cap.ible of re- 
pairing the same, for, as matters now are, the better the 
watch is the tuore liable its owner is to experience difll- 
culty in having it repaired properly. That this is a 
correct statement of the case, no one acquainted with 
the facts will dispute, and tlierefore we feel tliat in 
directing our readers to an establishment where a spec- 
ialty is made of repairing fine watches, we are giving 
them information which may save them time, money and 
trouble. Mr. Pendexter gives personal attention to re- 
)>airing watches, French clocks and jewelry, and also 
gives particular attention to tlie adjusting of eye-glasses 



and spectacles, and his charges inboth branches of his 
business are very moderate. The premises occupied by 
him are located at N". ."ifil Congress .street, and are of 
the dimensions of 50x20 feet. Two assistants are em- 
ployed, and all customers are assured polite and prompt 
attention. An important branch of Mr. Peudexter's 
business, especially in the summer season, is the bicycle 
trade, in which he does quite an extensive business, be- 
ing agent for the Victor Safety, and is prepared to fur- 
nish this most desirable machine upon the most favora- 
ble terms. He is also agent for the American Cash 
Register. 

JOHN W. MUNGER, Insurance Agent, 
Fire. Marine, I.,ife and Accident Insurance, Oflice, No. 
50 Exchange .Street, Portland, Me. The practice of 
insuring one's lite and property has become so universal 
that men who do not insure in one form or another are 
becoming scarce, and it would be well for the com- 
munity were they even scarcer, for to speak plainly, a 
man who can be insured but won't, is not apt to be 
very appreciative of his obligations to others. There are 
exceptions of course, but it ij very difficult to see how 
one who has any regard for others can reconcile that 
regard with the selfish policy of letting them "take 
their chance " in case of his death. But we have neither 
the ability nor the space to adequately present the duty 
of Life insurance, so we will content ourselves with 
giving our readers some information in regard to the 
Fire, Marine and Accident Insurance, as well, which is 
conducted through the agency of Mr. John W. Munger, 
who gives all liusiiiess entrusted to him immediate and 
jiain^tMkiMg attention. Tho=e wishing information re- 
garding insurance will find him well posted and willing 
to lend any aid in his power to give. He is agent for 
the British-American of Toronto, New EiiglaiKi .Mutual 
Life of Boston, correspondent for the Atlantic .Mutual 
Insurance Co of New York, the largest Marine office of 
the world. Mr. Munger will be happy to give full and 
explicit information on application in person or by mail, 
regarding any of the above companies. He has been 
engaged in this business for the past forty-two years, 
and in law business since 1838. He is a native of 
Thompson, Connecticut, and has a large circle of busi- 
ness friends in this vicininy. 

J. L. WATSON, Dealer in Coal tmrl Wood, 
1 Forest Avenue, Foot of Green Street., Portland, Me, 
Telephone .'ilO. " All is not gold that glitters," and all 
is not coal that is sold as such by some dealers, and as 
only a comparitively small proportion of non-combust- 
ible" mateiial per toil will more than ofTset any apparent 
cheapness in fuel, it is well to satisfy one's self as to 
the responsibility of any house olTering " great induce- 
ments " before ordering in any quantity. An establish- 
ment which, since its inception in 18S2, has built up a 
large and steadily increasing trade by reason of its 
liberal and far-sighted management and entire relia- 
bility, is that of .T. L. Watson, located at No. 1 
Forest Avenue, foot of Green Street. Mr. Watson, who 
is a native of New Hampshire, i- well-known through- 
out Portland. He began business operations in this 
city as above stated in 1SH2, and was located about 
seven years on Lincoln Street, removing to his present 
place of business in 18S9. The prcmisis now occupied 
comprise a wharf and storage shed, these being spacious 
and well equipped, and an extensive retail business is 
done. All orders by telephone. No. 511), or otherwise 
delivered, will be filled at the shortest notice and de- 
livered promptly to any part of the city. Employment 
is given to five competent assistants, and Mr. Watson Is 
in a ])osition to give his customers as good service and 
as favorable rates as any coal dealer in Portland, and 
our readers will finil it to their advantage to give the 
grades supplied by Mr. Watson a trial. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



95 



CHARLES DAY, Wholesale and Retail 
Dealer in Faucy Goods, Toys, Baby Carnages, Base Ball 
Ooods, Baskets, Bird Cages, etc.. No. 544 Congress 
Street, Portland, Me. The enterprise conducted by Mr. 
Charles Day may be said to have been inaugurated in 
]858 for it was then that operations were begun, 
although the business has since been radically changed 
in character for it now comprises the handling of faucy 
goods, toys, etc., but when first started it was contiued 
to the handling of jewelry. The founder was Mr. Charles 
Day, Jr., the firm being changed in 1859 to Messrs. 
Charles Day, Jr., & Co., and, in 1878, Mr. Chas. Day, Jr., 
assumed sole control. He is a native of this city, and is 
so widely known in business and social circles as to ren- 
der detailed personal mention unnecsssary. Mr. Day sold 
out his jewelry business some ten years ago, and now 
gives exclusive attention to the wholesaling and retailing 
of fancy goods, toys, children's carriages, base ball 
goods, baskets, bird cages, and kindred articles, utilizing 
four floors and a basement, each measuring 35 x 90 feet, 
and carrying a very heavy and exceptionally complete 
stock. Employment is given to four assistants throughout 
the year, and in the holiday season it is necessary to 
secure from thirty to forty extra employees in order to 
promptly serve the public, for this store is widely known 
as one of the great headquarters for holiday supplies. 
The assortment of fancy goods, etc., always includes the 
very latest fashionable novelties, and the prices quoted 
on these and all the articles dealt in will bear the severest 
comparison witli those named elsewhere. 

ARTHUR W. BEALE & CO., Clothing and 
Furnishings, Two Doors Above Post Office, No. 177 Mid- 
dle Street, Portland, Me. No observant foreigner can 
visit the United States without being impressed with the 
generally "well-dressed" condition of the people, and 
such visitors have often remarked that it was next to 
impossible to judge an American's station in life by his 
appearance, for rich and poor dress alike. Well, this is 
as it should be, for we don't attach any importance to 
" stations in life " in this country, and there is certainly 
no reason why the well-to-do should monopolize all the 
'• good clothes." Fortunately, a man need not be a 
millionaire in order to dress fashionably, and indeed it is 
really surprising to see how far a dollar will go nowadays 
in buving clothing. Call at the store conducted by 
Arthur W. Beale & Co., at 177 Middle street, and you 
will realize the fact if you never did before. This firm 
carry a heavy stock of clothing and gent's furni-hings, 
and quote prices that are certainly hard to match else- 
where, for they are way down to the lowest notch in 
every instance. The firm is composed of Mr. A. W. 
Beale of Portland and Geo. W. Beale, a native of Mon- 
mouth, Me. Both gentlemen are well known and highly 
respected in this community. Mr. G. W. Beale was for 
twenty years superintendent in the Portland T^ocomotive 
Works and has been Alderman and Councilman. The 
premises occupied are 60 x 20 feet in dimensions, and 
sufticieut assistance is at hand to assure all callers 
prompt and polite attention, while every article dealt in 
i' sold strictly on its merits. 

MRS. PALMER'S Employment Office, 1G9J 
Federal Street, Corner Market, Portland, Me. There are 
quite a number of employment oflices in this city, and 
generally speaking, they are liberally patronized, but it 
seems to be an invariable rule that some of them should 
be more popular than others. Many of our readers 
certainly do not need to be informed what is the leading 
agency of the vicinity in which it is located, for that 
conducted by Mrs. Palmer has enjoyed that distinction 
for a long time. The proprietress is a native of Livermore 
Falls, Me., and beganoperationsinherpresententerpri.se 
in 1885, since which date she has satisfactoril)- shown all 



with whom she has had business relations, that her 
methods are honorable and reliable in every particular. 
The premises utilized by this lady are located at No. ]09,i 
Federal street, and are conveniently fitted up for the 
comfort of patrons. Desirable male" and female help for 
hotel and private service can be furnished to those 
requiring such, and the terms to be made here are very 
reasonable in every w-ay. 

ALVIX A. LANE, Dealer in Boots, Shoes 
and Kubbers, No. 381 Congress Street, Portland, Maine. 
This a well appointed store, and all customers are 
treeted in a courteous and intelligent manner. 11 r. 
Lane is enabled to anticipate and fully meet the wants 
of the public, in the various styles of goods in which he 
deals, consisting of fine Boots, Shoes and Rubbers, for 
Ladies and Gentlemen. A fine assortment is shown, 
comprising goods especially adapted to street and party 
wear, and the latest novelties in this department are 
early at hand. Mr. Alvin A. Lane, succeeded Mr. F. 
W. Dearborn in the business in 1888, and is building up 
a large and thriving retail trade by reason of the able 
and honorable manner in which he has served his 
customers. His store is 25 by 75 feet in dimensions, 
and is located at No. 381 Congress street, where a fine 
line of Boots and Shoes is carried and particular atten- 
tion is given to repairing the same in a neat and durable 
manner. Mr. Lane is a native of Gray. Jte., he served 
in the Army during our latp Civil War, and is highly 
esteemed among the business men as well as in the 
social circles of this vicinity. He fully deserves the 
extensive patronage he receives, and all goods are 
warranted, and the prices are moderate and just. 

RALPH H. EATON, 507| Congress Street, 
Portland, Maine. Gold Gilder and Manuf. Picture 
Frames. Old frames repaired and regilded. Oil paint- 
ings restored. Mats of every description made to order. 
The business conducted by Mr. Ralph H. Eaton, at No. 
5074 Congress St., although only started in present loca- 
tion in 1889 he has been in the business over 8 years and 
his business has already become quite extensive, which 
is quite natural, as the proprietor is thoroughly familiar 
with the practical details of his business. 'J his gentle- 
man is a native of Portland and is very well known to 
the trade. The premises occupied by him are 40x30 feet 
in dimensions— and are well fitted up with all necessary 
facilities for the manufacture of picture frames of all 
kinds, of which a specialty is made. Mr. Eaton also 
does Gilding and Repairing of picture frames— Restores 
Oil Painting — and makes Picture Mats of every des- 
cription to order. All work is guaranteed, and is execu- 
ted at short notice and at the most reasonable prices. 
An experienced assistant is employed and immediate 
and careful attention is given to every order. 

A. W. CHILD, Harness Manufacturer, No. 
194 Federal Street, Portland, Me. Mr. A. W. Child is a 
native of Portland and began operations in his present 
business in 1874. He gives close personal attention to 
all details of his business and spares no pains to main- 
tain the reputation he has gained. He is a manufac- 
turer of harnesses of all kinds, and he quotes the lowest 
market rates and guarantees every harness that he 
turns out, to prove exactly as represented. His shop is 
located at No. 194 Federal Street, and is of the dimen- 
sions of 40x22 feet, and every necessary facility is at 
hand to successfully carry on the business. A thorough- 
ly competant assistant is employed. All orders will 
receive prompt attention, and repairing and job work is 
made a speciality of, and our advice to those who desire 
anything in Mr. Child's line is to give him as early a 
call as possible. 



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PORTLAND. ME. 



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As handsome, well-ftocked and well-managed a boot 
and shoe store as can be found in this State is that con- 
ducted by Mr. K. C. rthiteat No. 480 Congress street, 
opposite the Preble House, and as the prices quoted are 
as attractive as are the goods ollered, it is not at all sur- 
prising that the business should be so large as to neces- 
sitate the fiiiploynieiit of from three to six assistants. 
This est;il)li.shii)eiit is sometimes referred to as " White's 
Bargain Shoe Store,'" and the name is thoroughly well- 
deserved for many genuine bargains are always to be 
found here, but yet the title is apt to give a wrong idea 
of the establishment for the public have come to think 
of a "bargain store" as a place where goods of an infe- 
rior quality only are oflered, whereas this store is coii- 
ducted on a radically diflerent priucii>!e, the most criti- 
cal trade being catered to as is indicated by the fact that 
a full line of Burt's New York Shoes is constantly on 
hand. A very complete stock of boots, .thoes and rub- 
bers is always to be found here, and as this is a genuine 
"family" shoe store the assortment comprises goods 
suited for all ages and includes an csi)ecially large vari- 
ety of articles particularly adapted to school wear. The 
Tery latest novelties are also well-represented in the 
stock and the assortment of sizes and widths is so com- 
plete that the most dlllicult feet can be satisfactorily 
fitted. 



SKILLIN & FAREINGTON, Dealers in Gio- 
ceries. Provisions, and Country Produce, 994 Congress 
Street. Opposite I'nion Station, Portland, Me. The es- 
tablishment carried on by Messrs. Skillin & Farrington 
is one of those stores which make no great pretensions, 
and yet could be luuch less easily spared than many a 
more imposing and more extensive place of busini'ss. 
Messrs. Skillin & Farriugton occupy a store 30x.50 feet iu 
dimensions, and carry a clean and desirable stock of 
staple and fancy groceries, provisions, country produce, 
and many other articles in active and constant demand. 
The individvial members of this firm are Mr. S. M. .Skil- 
lin a native of Cape Elizabeth, Me., and Mr. S. Farriug- 
ton of Fryeburg, Me., and have become widely and fav- 
orably known in Portland since founding their present 
business in 1890. Their store is conveniently located at 
No. 994 Congress street, and is supplied with all neces- 
sary facilities to enable orders to be promptly and accu- 
rately filled. Employment is given to two experienced 
and competent assistants. The popularity of this estab- 
lishment is due to many causes, but to none more than 
the uniform reliability of the goods furnished. Messrs. 
Skillin & Farrington make it a point to obtain their sup- 
plies from entirely reputable manufacturers and jobbers, 
and hence are in a position to guarantee that their goods 
will prove just as represented. 

E. M. OWEN & CO., Dealers in Dry and 
Fancy Goods, No. .538 Congress Street, opposite Pal- 
mer's Shoe Store, Portland, Maine. Miss E. M. Owen 
established the business here in Portland in 1888, and to 
say that her store has become popular and largely pat- 
ronized is merely to assert what every resident of this 
vicinity knows to be a fact. She has so accurate an idea 
of what the public want, and has shown such enter|)risc 
in catering to all classes of patrons, that her si on' h;i- 
become a favorite resort for those seeking the l;iH'>i 
novelties in dry ai'd fancy goods. The stock constant 1\ 
carried comprising full lines of staple and fancy goods 
and small wares in general. These goods are oflered at 
the lowc>t prices as Miss Owen is a careful buyer and 
gives every possible advantage to her customers. The 
premises occupied are located at .'iMS Congress street, and 
are 20x100 feet in dimensions. Five competent assist- 
ants are employed, thus assuring polite attention to all. 
Miss Owen is a native of Brunswick, Me., and is very 
well known aiul highly respected throughout Portland 
as an educated and energetic woman, who is familiar 
with every detail of her business, and keeps her stock 
fully " up to the times" in every respect. 



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F. O. BAILEY 2^ CO., 



PORTLAND, JVIAINE. 



Designees and Builders of 

GARRIAGCS s SbCIGHS 



OF THE FINEST GRADE. 




Proprietors of the Celebrated BAILEY TROTTING SLEIGHS, Patented. 

Dealers In all Grades of CARRIAGES and SLEIGHS TRACK SULKIES. Etc. 

State Agents for the Cortlaud Wagon Co., Collins Manufacturing Co., Parry Manufacturing- 
Co., and McMurray & Fisher Sulky Co. 

FINE HARNESSES FOR ALL PURPOSES, 

Special Designs for Special Jobs. Best Harness in the World for tiie Money. 

Horse Clothing of All Grades, 

Blankets, Hoods and Suits Made to Order. 

SPECIAL TRIMMING AND LETTERING. 

Bobss, Fine Lap Robe and Dusters, Special Designs, Ornamenting and Monograms to Leather, 
Cloth or Silk. Outfits of all kinds, everything needed for horse. Carriage or Stable. 



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C. W. LOMBARD cS: CO., Dealers in All 
Kinds of Fresh Fish, Oysters, Lobsters, Clarus, etc., Xo. 
590 Congress Street, No. 147 Free Street. Those who 
have clone business with the firm of (,'. \V. Lombard & 
Co. long enough to have become familiar with their 
methods and the excellence of their service, need not be 
advised to patronize their establishment in the future, 
but as tliere are doubtless many among our readers who 
have not had this experience, we tliinlc it will be both 
pleasant and well-advised for us to call attention to some 
of the many advantages they have to ofler. To begin 
with, the business was originally established by Mr. J. 
S. Lombard, the firm of J. S. Lombard & Son being 
formed in 18i;5, which was continued until 1878, when 
the present style of C. W. Lombard & Co. was adopted. 
The premises occupied are located at 590 Congress street 
and 147 Free street, which are very completely fitted up 
for the carrying on of the business in the best possible 
manner. Dealing as they do in such perishable commodi- 
ties as fish, oysters, etc., Messrs. Lombard A Co. have 
spared no expense to provide the most approved means 
for the preservation of the same, when the weather is 
warm or otherwise unfavorable, and they have found 
their reward in the character of their patronage, for no 
one likes to purcliase articles of food which have been 
improperly cared for. C. W. Lombard & Co. are widely 
known in Portland as dealers in fresh fisli of all kinds, 
also oysters, lobsters, clams, etc. Six w'ell-informed 
assistants are employed, und all orders received are 
promptly attended to and delivered to any part of the 
city. 

A. H. BROWN, Painting, Paper Hanging, 
No. -in Cross .Street, Portland, Me. In the olden times 
all decorative and beautiful artistic work was confined to 
the religious and ])ut)lic buililings and the palaces of the 
favored rich. Now through the advancing inllnences of 
civilization, ,the ;iiliic'Vi'ini'nt^ anil elicits of artistic 
coloring are brought within the reach of almost every 
one who can appreciate their value, and the higher tone 
and happiness which have been brought Into our life Is 
of the greatest infiueuce and value. 'I'lic rotlneil taste 
exhibited everywhere in this branch of business causes 
one to stop and wonder if this industry has not reached 
the height of perfect inn. Among the well-known business 



men of Portland Is the familiar 
name of A. H. Brown. As a 
painter he has no superior in 
this town, and as the business 
was established some seven 
years ago by Mr. Brown, it is 
recognized as one of the leading 
ones in this town, Mr. Brown 
being favored by the finest 
class of custom in the town, as 
he does very fine work in house 
painting, paper hanging and 
kalsomining; experienced 
hands are employed. This 
enterprising gentleman is ready 
at short notice to execute any 
order which may be entrusted 
to him, and guarantees perfect 
satisfaction m every respect. 
Mr. Urown occupies" a store at 
No. 4U Cross street, where all 
orders may be left for any of 
the above named lines of work, 
which will be given immediate 
attention. 



— C. W. YORK. Dealer in 
Coal and Wood; Wood Sawed 
and Split by Steam Power; 
Telephone, 687 B ; No. GO Com- 
mercial Street, Portland, Me. Mr. C. W. York deals 
extensively in coal and wood, and is prepared to furnish 
either of these commodities in quantities to suit at bot- 
tom prices, but we wish to call special attention to his 
facilities for furnishing wood sawed to any dimensions 
desired at short notice, for, as all experienced buyers 
know, it is more diflicult to obtain a satisfactory quality 
of wood than a corresponding quality of coal, and th.a"t 
furnished by Mr. York is thoroughly seasoned and is 
entirely satisfactory in every respect. His premises at 
No. GO Commercial street are fitted up with improved 
machinery for the sawing and splitting of wood by 
steam-power, and as employment is given to from four- 
teen to twenty assistants, it is not surprising that even 
the most extensive orders should be filled without delay. 
Mr. York began operations in 1878, and the fact that he 
now sells about 3,000 cords of wood per year, besides 
many tons of coal, shows that the advantages he offers 
are appreciated. Orders may be sent by mail or by 
Telephone No. CS7 B, and in either case are assured 
immediate attention and will be filled at positively the 
lowest market rates. 

C. J. PENNELL, Dealer in Provisions, Game 
and Country Produce, No. .580 Congress street and No. 
143 Free Street, Portland, Me. The number of concerns 
in this country, engaged in the handling what are known 
as "staple" commodities, is, of course, something enor- 
mous, for where there Is a populatiou of over 00,000. ooo 
souls to be fed, clothed and otherwise provided for, it is 
evident that there must be many hands to do the work. 
As a general rule, the merchants of the Uiuted States are 
enterprising, sagacious and perfectly reliable, so that it 
requires a special degree of excellence to attain distinc- 
tion when the average is so high, and, therefore, those 
who have gained prominence are all the more worthy of 
mention. One of the foremost in Portland is Mr. ('. .L 
Pennell, retail dealer in jirovislons, game and country 
produce, located at .">8G Congress street and 148 Free 
street, for the articles handled bv him are "staple'" in 
the full sense of the term, being uniformly excellent in 
quality, and such as are indispensable in every family. 
The enterprise carried on bv Mr. C. .1. Pennell was 
founded in 1802 by E. G. Peiinell A Co., and has been 
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about twenty years, and now holds a prominent place 
among other establishments of the kind in this vicinity. 
The premises are 20 by 50 feet in dimensions and fully 
stocked with complete lines of the goods handled. 
Employment is given to five assistants, and the public 
are assured prompt and courteous service. Mr. Pennell 
is a native of Portland, and served in the army during 
our late war. This gentleman is so well-known iu this 
community as to hardly need personal mention at our 
hands, being a thoroughly reliable and well-known citi- 
zen and business man of Portland. 




F. A. LEAVITT, 3Iamitaetarer of House, 
Store and Lawn Awnings, Tents, National Flags, 
Weather Signals, Yacht Sails, Hammocks, Canvas 
Covers, Fire Escapes, etc.; Tents to Let; No. 39 
Exchange Street, Portland, Me. 

Leavitt's portable fire escape; safe, simple, cheap, 
portable, always ready. Not exposed to the weather, 
nor confined to any partic- 
ular window, but ready for 
useat any time. If dropped 
from the upper window in 
any building, psirties occu- 
pying the rooms below 
have free use of it. A 
fireman or any other per- 
son can ascend from the 
ground and render assist- 
ance on any floor that the 
escape pa-sses. A person 
knowing it is in the room 
does not go crazy when he 
finds the usual way of get- 
ting out is cut off by fire 
and smoke. If it cannot 
be used from your room on 
account of the flames and 
smoke coming out of the 
window below, you have 
it to take to another. You 
do not have to wait for any 
one to work it, but it is in your own control to put it 
just where it is required. The ordinary escapes are con- 
fined to the building and exposed to the winter weather, 
and a fire is just as liable to prevent its use as it is to 
prevent your going down the regular way. Just the 
escape for a person to own occupying rooms high up. 
Factories should have them on every floor. Agents 
wanted. Price, 20 feet, $2. Eight cents extra for every 
additional foot, including bag to keep it in. 

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EDWAED S. WHITEHALL, News Stand, 
Fruit and Confectionery, No. 193 Congress Street, Port- 
land, Me. This business was established many years 
since by Mr. W. H. Ross, who was succeededby Mr. 
Herman Achorn, and in 1890 the present proprietor, Mr. 
Edward S. Whitehall, assumed control. An extensive 
retail trade is carried on here by Mr. Whitehall, who is a 
native of Portland, M.aine. He carries a large supply of 
fruit, which includes the varieties of each season, also a 
good assortment of confectionery, which cannot fail to 
please those who appreciate the good judgment and taste 
displayed in the selection of these articles. His cigars 
have long been in demand, as he keeps a variety that all 
tastes may be satisfied. As a news stand, this store has 
long been known, for the stock is complete, and consists 
of all the daily and weekly papers, both local and of 
other cities, as well as a list of the popular periodicals of 
the day, which can be procured when ordered. This 
store is patronized by a large class who have found it a 
favorite resort and are frequent visitors. 



JAMES A. BAIN, Teacher of Piano and 
Organ, No. 114V Exchange Street, Portland, Me. " There 
is no loyal road to learning," and the attainment of skill 
as a musician or as a vocalist is not possible without 
faithful and persistent study and practice, no matter 
how competent, earnest and experienced a teacher one 
may have, but it is none the less a fact that an almost 
infinite amount of time and trouble may be saved by 
having the aid of such an instructor, and the expense 
involved is much more than compensated for by the 
benefits gained. One of the most thoroughly equipped 
and successful teachers of the piano and organ, carrying 
on operations in this section of the state, is Mr. James 
A. Bain, and the success this gentleman has met with is 
due not less to his enthusiastic devotion to his profession 
than to his intimate acquaintance with its practical 
details. A really enthusiastic and conscientious teacher 
inspires like enthusiasm and devotion in his pupils, and 
his example robs daily practice of much of the monotony 
and irksomeness it would otherwise possess. Mr. Bain 
utilizes conveniently located and completely equipped 
rooms, and as his terms are moderate, the benefit of his 
tuition is within the means of all who may require the 
services of a trained and careful teacher. His apartments 
are located at No. 114i Exchange street, and being a 
native of Portland, he is well and favorably known 
throughout this section. 



T. W. FREEMAN, Oyster and Lunch Room ; 
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Oysters, No. 120 
Exchange Street, Portland, Me. Food and health are so 
intimately connected that it is of the first importance to 
secure the best the market affords, and this is especially 
true when oysters are the commodity sought, and the 
surest way to obtain a supply that is fresh and in prime 
condition, is to visit the establishment conducted by Mr. 
T. W. Freeman, at No. 120 Exchange street, Portland, 
for he is a wholesaler as well as retail dealer in oysters, 
buys direct, and constantly has an ample supply of as 
nice fresh oysters as can be found in the market and is 
prepared to furnish the same ia such quantities as may 
be desired, either at wholesale or retail. Mr. Freeman 
also conducts a lunch room in connection with the above 
mentioned business, where he is prepared to furnish a 
first-class lunch of well-cooked food ; the service is 
prompt and obliging, as two competent assistants are 
employed. This enterprise was started in 1885 by the 
father of the present proprietor and conducted by him 
until 1890, when Mr. T. W. Freeman assumed full control 
of the business. He is a native of Wellfleet, Mass., and 
gives his business close personal supervision, and all 
patrons are sure of prompt and polite service. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



HEXKY A. HAEDIXG, (Formerlj- Timmons 
& Hawes.) Ladies' and Gents" Oyster Eooms, 1.') Mon- 
ument Square, Xew Brown Block. The finest Ladies' 
room ea*t of Boston. Telephone, .58G. It is a note- 
worthy fact and one that has very frequently been re- 
marked by the traveling public that a satisfactory res- 
taurant is the hardest thing to find in the country. Nor 
is this condition of afl'airs confined to any one section. 
Even in so large a city as Boston the restaurants which 
furnish a palateable and neatly served meal at a moder- 
ate price can be numbered on the fingers of one hand, 
and in New York the acconunodations oftered are even 
smaller in proportion to ihc (Icmand for them. Hence 
to say that the establishment conducted by Mr. Henry 
A- Harding is a thoroughly satisfactory restaurant is to 
give it no faint praise but it is praise that is well de- 
served as all who have patronized it will cheerfully 
testify. The business was founded some 30 years ago 
by Messrs. Timmons & Hawes and since the early part 
of 1S90 has been under the sole control of Mr. Harding, 
who was manager for Messrs. Timmons & Hawes for 
IT) years. He is a native of Wellfleet, Mass., and is un- 
questionably one of the best known men in Portland 
for during liis long connection with this representative 
establishment his enterprising and accommodating 
methods have made him literally " hosts '' of friends. 
The premises utilized are located in the New Brown 
Block, Xo. l.T Monument Sq., and are spacious and very 
completely fitted up, the ladies' room being the finest 
east of Boston. A large force of experienced assistants 
is employed and the promptness and efliciency of the 
service is by no means the least commendable feature 
of the management. The rooms are connected by tel- 
ephone (Xo. .i8G) and orders thus received are assured 
as prompt and careful attention as though given in 
person. 

DAVID P. McGLIKCHY, Druggi-st, 89 Mid- 
dle .St., cor. Franklin St., Portland, Me. It would be 
diflicult to find an establishment of more genuine value 
to the communitv than that carried on by Mr. David P. 
]^[clilinchy, at No. 89 Middle St., cor. Franklin St. This 
nniicrtakiiig was founded in 1S8S by J. D. Keefe k Co., 
anil since 18'J0 has been under the management of its 
present able jiroprietor, and has since largely developed 
as its influence to the public became more plainly man- 
ifest. Drugs, Medicines and Chemicals are supplied at 
the lowest rates that can be named on first-class goods, 
and as the filling of pr(>scri|)tions is given special atten- 
tion, customers may feel assured of their favors being 
appreciated, and of their orders being handled with that 
skill and accuracy so desirable in this connection. Mr. 
McGlinchy is moderate in his charges, and certainly has 
solved the problem of combining reliable service with 
popular prices. His premises are about 500 feet in size, 
and the stock carried is fresh, varried and acceptable, 
and as two competant assistants are employed, custom- 
ers are treated with courtesy and consideration. Mr. 
McGlinchy is a native of this city. 

H. M. SMITH, Pliotogiaplier, 257i Middle 
Street, Portland, Me. Cabinet Photos §4.00 per doz. 
Probably in no branch of the arts have more improve- 
ments been m;ide during the recent years than in the 
art of IMiotography, and the avidity with which inven- 
tions of later days have been availed of by the profes- 
sion, is a convincing proof, of the spirit of enterprise, 
which has been a distinguishing feature of those inter- 
ested in this most available of all arts. Mr. H. M. 
Smith has been in this business here for many years. 
Having served an apprenticeship with Mr. Lampson, 
formerly of this city, and tlie work Mr. Smith is giving 
the public is of such excellence that it is no w^onder 
that he is fast gaining the reputation for first class 



work, so generally accorded Mr. Lampson while he was 
doing business in this city. He has been located at his 
present studio, Xo. 2.57i Middle St., for nearlj- a year. 
His establi-hment is as perfeit a one of the kind as can 
be found in thi- city, all the appliances and apparatus 
used being the finest obtainable. Xothiug but the best 
work is here executed, while the prices are very mod- 
erate. Two experienced assistants are employed, and 
great care and attention is paid to each individual as 
regards proper light, position, and other surroundings 
which are very essential in the making of a pleasing as 
well as a correct picture, and if j-ou wish a good photo- 
graph, you can do no better than to call on Mr. Smith 
and have one made in a satisfactorv manner. 



EUGENE MERRILL, Commission ISIeifliant, 
Xo. 204 Commercial Street, Representative of Armour & 
Co , Chicago, for the sale of Pork, Beef, Lard, Hams, 
Oils, Canned Goods, and the Celebrated Armour's Extract 
of Beef. The residents of the East are accustomed to joke 
considerably over the pretentions and assertions of what 
is familiarly called "the windy city" but all the same 
they have a sincere respect for the magnificent push and 
energj' so characteristic of Chicago, and a hearty admir- 
ation for the audacity and confidence which the lead- 
ing merchants of that city display in their business oper- 
ations. Take for instance the house of Armour it Co., 
and where can so thoroughly representative a concern 
be found? There is not in all America another firm so 
generally and favorably known at home and abroad, and 
the productions of this concern are not only accepted as 
the standard, but form the standard by which all others 
are judged. Armour &. Co. are represented in Portland 
by Mr. Eugene Merrill, who is a native of Searsport, 
Maine, and has carried on his present business since 
1887. He occupies premises located at Xo. 204 Commer- 
cial street, and having a total area of 7,200 square feet. 
Mr. Merrill does a general commission business, and is 
representative of .\rmour & Co. for the sale of pork, 
beef, lard, hams, oils, canned goods, and the famous Ar- 
mour's Extract of Beef. He is prepared to fill the most 
extensive orders at short notice and at positively the 
lowest prevailing rates. .Ml communications are assured 
prompt and careful attention, any desired information 
concerning terms, prices, etc., being cheerfully given on 
application. 

BRACKETT STREET RAKKItV, Wm, INFon- 

teith. Baker and Confectioner, ]sl Hrackett Street. Port- 
land, Maine. Good home-made bread, cake and pastry 
are doubtless equal to anything that the bakeries can 
supply, and if everyone had the ability and the time to 
produce flrst-elass bread, pastry, etc., there would lie no 
use of such an establishment as the Brackett Street 
Bakery, but as a matter of fact there are but few who 
can miike reallj' good bread, etc., and some who can 
lack the necessary time, so theestablishment In question 
is a genuine benefit to the public ami richly deserves its 
wide popularity. Whatever you get at this store is good, 
— good in material, good in nuiking and good in appear- 
ance. The proprietor, Mr. William Monteith, doesn't at- 
tempt the impossil)le task of making first-class goods out 
of second or third-class material but uses carefully se- 
lected stock, employs experienced assistants and nat- 
urally produces bread, cake and pastry that are good 
enough for anybody. He is a confectioner as well as a 
baker, and a fine assortment of fresh and pure candies 
may always be found at his store, Xo. 181 Brackett 
street, while the (iriees c|Uoted on all the articles dealt 
are as low as can be named in connection with first-class 
goods. Mr. Monteith succeeded Mr. .1. M. Plummer iu 
1889, and under his enterprising management the busi- 
ness Is steadily and rajiidly increasing, prompt and 
polite attention is given to every caller. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




H. E. MANSFIELD, Lueiy, BoaidinK, Bait 
Ing, ^.ile or Exdiiuge Stable, No 4 Lafajette Stieot, 
MuojoF Hill, Portlaud, Me. Among the well-knowu and 
old established livery stables in this section is that now 
conducted by Mr. H. E. Mansfield, and there is certainly 
not one bearing a higher reputation for enterprise and 
honorable methods, for since this stable was founded, it 
has been the policy of the management to provide the 
best possible accommodations, and to honestlj' strive to 
satisfy every customer. This popular establishment is 
located at No. 4 Lafayette street, and was established in 
1827 by Mr. E. Manslield, who was succeeded by his son, 
Mr. H. E. Mansfield, in 1S91. This gentleman is a native 
of Portland, and carries on a flrst-class livery, boarding, 
baiting, sale and exchange stable. Employment is given 
to four efficient assistants, and orders are assured pi ompt 
and careful attention, the prices quoted being very 
reasonable. Everybody knows tliat the enjoyment of 
driving is largely depcLdent upon the team available, for 
even the best of roads and the prettiest of scenery can- 
not give a great deal of pleasure if you have a horse that 
has to be forced along, or a carriage that is neither hand- 
some nor easy. Mr. Mansfield has an excellently 
equipped establishment, and lurnishes teams which are 
bound to suit the most critical, the consequence being 
that he does a large livery business. The boarding 
accommodations are also first-class, and as every animal 
is assured the best of care and is supplied with comfort- 
able and well-kept quarters, many horse owners take 
advantage of the inducements Mr. Mansfield ofters. 



T. H. JOHKSON & CO., Merchandise 
Brokers, and Manufacturers', Agents of Canned Goods, 
204 Commercial Street, Portland, Me. Maine Corn a 
Specialty. The enterprise conducted by Messrs. T. H. 
Johnson & Co. has been carried on by the present firm 
for the past ten years, having had its inception about 
1880. Mr. Johnson is a native of Pawtucket, R. I., and 
is well-known throughout Portland and vicinity. This 
firm are merchandise brokers, and manufacturers' agents 
of canned goods, and constantly carry a very lieavy 
stock, including the Southern California Packing Co.'s 
goods, for which they are agents, and also Maine corn, 
of which a specalty is made. The premises occupied 
are located at No. 204 Commercial Street. Employment 
is given to competent and well-informed assistants, and 
although an extensive business is done, orders are as- 
sured prompt and careful attention. The policy of 
Messrs. T. H. Johnson & Co. may be expressed in very 
few words — dependable goods at low prices. All classes 
of trade are catered to, many attractive novelties are 
constantly being handled, and every article is sold 
strictly on its merits, being guaranteed to prove pre- 
cisely as represented in every respect. Messrs. Johnson 
& < o. give close personal supervision [to the many de 
tails of their business, and are constantly seeking to 
improve the service rendered, so that their success is 
thoroughly well deserved. 



L. J. PERKINS & SON, Manufacturers 
of Confectionery, also Dealers in Fruit, Nuts, 
Cigars, &c., 489 Congress Street, Portland, Me. 
The firm of L. J. Perkins & Son is constituted 
of Mr. L. J. Perkins, a native of New Hamp- 
shire, and Mr. L. J. D. Perkins,who was also 
born in New Hampshire. The partnership was 
formed in 1883, but the business is of much 
earlier origin, having been founded by Mr. T>. J. 
Perkins in 1862, in the old Martin block. In 
^ 1S64 the property was bought by the late J. B. 
r.rown, and the old block taken down and the 
i'lesent one built. Mr. L. J.Perkins was the 
lirst one to move into the block, and has 
continuously occupied it since, making 29 years 
in the same location. The concern are manufacturers 
and dealers in fine confectionery, and make a specialty 
of ice cream, and they also run two soda fountains, and 
carry a fine line of cigars, etc. They have in the rear of 
the store a finely equipped restaurant, having seating 
capacity for about 175 guests, located in Martin's block, 
a handsome 4 story building at No. 489 Congress St., 
and first door above the Longfellow Mansion, and com- 
prise four floors of the dimensions of 25 x 93 feet. A 
large force of experienced assistants are employed, and 
all orders are assured prompt and careful attention ; the 
service offered in connection witli the restaurant being 
particularly prompt and efficient. A varied and skil- 
fully made up bill of fare is provided, and the cooking 
proves satisfactory to even the most fastidious. 'J'he 
confectionery made by this concern is very favorably 
known to the trade, as it is uniformly excellent, being 
manufactured from carefully chosen materials and 
guaranteed to be pure and wholesome in every respect. 
The ice cream here produced has the reputation of being 
the best in the city, and a very large amount is sold, 
both at wholesale and retail. Moderate prices being 
quoted to both large and small buyers. 



DANIEL WINSLOW & SON, Engineers and 
Machinists, Manufacturers of High and Low pressure 
Steam Heating Apparatus, J. I>. Winslow's Patent 
Double Column Radiator and Rhode's Patent Steam 
Boilers. Office and Machine Shop. 57 Cross St., Port- 
land, Me. The business carried on under the firm name 
of Daniel Winslow & Son is one of the oldest-established 
of the kind in Portland, having been founded in 1855, 
by Messrs. Winslow & Crockett. The style " Daniel 
Winslow & Son " was adopted in 1804 and is still re- 
tained although the senior partner died in 1876, leaving 
Mr. Joseph L. Winslow sole proprietor. This gentle- 
man was born in Portland and is very generally known 
here, particularly in mechanical circles. The firm do a 
general business as Engineers and Machinists and utilize 
a well-equipped machine shop, located at No. 57 Cross 
St., and comprising 3 floors of the dimensions of 30x80 
feet. They make a specialty of the manufacture of 
High and Low Pressure Steam Heating Apparatus, in- 
cluding J. L. Winslow's Patent Double Column Radiator 
and Rhode's Patent Steam Boilers, and give particular 
attention to the furnishing of steam, gas and water pipe 
and fittings of every description. They are agents for 
the leading steam pumps and all steam boiler attach- 
ments of first-class manufacturers, including steam and 
vacuum gauges, water gauges, feed water heaters, in- 
jectors, inspirators, etc. Under these circumstances it 
is hardly necessary to state that the firm are in a position 
to successfully carry out contracts for the heating of 
public and private buildings of all kinds, furnishing ap- 
paratus that combines absolute safety with the highest 
degree of efficiency and economy. Orders are assured 
prompt and careful attention, and the high reputation 
of the firm aft'ords the best possible guarantee that all 
agreements will be honorably carried out. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



X. F. TEEFETHEN, Wholesale Dealer in 
Live, Boiled and Pieliled Lobsters and Eels. Xo. 15 
Commercial Wharf, Portland. Me. Prominent among 
the well-known establishments in the fish l)usiness in 
this city is the house of .Mr. N. F. Trefethen which, 
since its inception in 188.5 has ever maintained a high 
reputation for integrity and honorable business dealings. 
The premises utilized ifor the transaction of business are 
located at Nos. -Id and 42 Portland pier, and are of the 
dimensions of -1.5x80 feet, with 215 feet in length of wharf- 
age. Mr. Trefethen is a wholesale dealer in live, boiled and 
pickled lobsters, and his business is very extensive. He 
is a native of Portland, and is very well known and 
highly esteemed. He is an active business man, and 
gives close personal attention to the business, and 
guarantees to handle only the best goods the market 
affords. Xone in this line of trade in Portland eojoy a 
brighter reputation for reliability, and the success of 
this house is as well-merited as it is prominent. Em- 
plovment is given to 4 assistants, and prompt attention 
is given to every order. 

GEORGE H. FOWLEE, Dealer in Provis- 
ions and Country Produce. Corner of Market and Milk 
Streets. Portland, Me. The business conducted by Mr. 
George H. Fowler at the corner of Market and Milk 
Streets was founded not far from twenty years ago, 
operations having been begun by Mr. Andrew Leighton 
about 1870, who gave place to the present proprietor in 
1890. Mr. Fowler is a native of Portland, and has be- 
come thoroughly iiientifled among her most enterprising 
and reliable merchants. He deals in all kinds of pro- 
visions and country produce, and carries a stock which 
in point of size, completeness, and variety, has few 
rivals among the assortments offered by retail dealers. 
It is this variety which has so much to do with the 
general popularity of the enterprise, for all classes of 
customers can here find goods suited to their tastes and 
purses, and it is easy to see that Mr. Fowler caters with 
equal care to rich and poor; his policy being to ensure 
uniform satisfaction and eourtesj' to large and small 
buyers. F.vcrylhing usuall)' kept in a first-class pro- 
vision and produce market will be found included in the 
stock handled by Mr. Fowler. He gives close personal 
attention to the many details of his business, and era- 
ploys two competent assistants, thus ensuring the 
prompt delivery of all orders received. 



EDWAED HASTY, Central Boarding, 
Livery, Hack and Sale Stable, Nos. 12, 14 and 16 Green 
Street, Portland, Me. Kesidence. .52 High Street. The 
"Central" boarding, livery, hack and sale stable is 
well-named, for its location is certainly central, which 
fact taken in connection with tlie excellence of the 
service rendered makes it as popular a stable as can be 
found in the State. It has been carried on for some 
years, the present proprietor, Mr. Edward Hasty, having 
been in charge since 1880, when he succeeded Mr. John 
AV. Hitchings. The premises are located at Xos. 12, 14 
and Ki Green Street, and are very commodious, as may 
1)0 judged from the fact of their containing 80 stalls, all 
of which are roomy, well drained, and well ventilated. 
In fact this is one of the largest and best fitted boarding 
and hack stables in the city, and such of our readers as 
are at all acquainted with Mr. Hasty need not be told 
tliat under the present management boarders are assured 
comfortable quarters, a suitable abundance of excellent 
food, and uniformly kind treatment. A large livery 
business is done, many fine driving and saddle horses 
furnished on call, and a specialty is made of first-class 
hack service, no better hacks and horses to be found in 
the city. Weddings, parties, and funerals are furnished 
witli the best of hack accommodation at sliort notice 
and at moderate rates, and a sale business is also done. 




H. G. SPOFFORD, Livery. Boaid and Bait- 
ing Stable, 10 Plum Street, Portland. Me. The estab- 
lishment located at Xo. 10 Plum street, and owned by 
Mr. H. G. Spoll'ord, is a public benefit, and is worthy of 
prominent and favorable mention, first because a good 
team may be hired here at moderate expense ; second, 
because horses may be put to board here in the full as- 
surance that they will have comfortable quarters, good 
feed and careful and skilful attention ; and third, be- 
cause horses may be bought here without pa3'ing double 
their true value — which is more than can be said of some 
"sale stables"' which could be mentioned. Now it is 
obvious that such an enterprise as this, managed as this 
is, is a good accommodation to the public, and we are 
very glad to be able to say that the public appreciate 
this fact and show it bj- liberally patronizing the estab- 
lishment in iiucstion. Mr. Spofford is a native of Deer 
Isle, Maine, and founded or rather succeeded to tliis old 
established business in 1889. He employs four com- 
petent assistants, but makes it a point to give careful 
personal attention to affairs, thus assuring prompt, 
courteous and dependable service. Teams will be fur- 
nished at very short notice and at prices that are really 
exceptionally low, considering the nature of the accom- 
modations provided. Room can be had for over fifty 
horses, there being stalls for over that number. Tele- 
phone 71.5-F. 

C. F. MOUNTFOET & CO., Dealers in Pro- 
visions and Groceries, 44 St. Lawrence St., Portland, 
Me., Telephone 113. If the liandling of strictly first- 
class goods, the extension of courteous treatment to 
every customer, and the maintenance of fair and reason- 
able prices in every clepartment. are reasons for giving a 
business enterprise prominent mention, then we can do 
no less than to take tliis course with that conducted by 
C. F. Mountfort & Co., located at Xo. 44 St. Lawrence 
street, for this firm manage their undertaking in the 
manner indicated, and warrant every article purchased 
to prove satisfactory. It is hardly necessary for us to 
state that their business is a large retail one, for it is not 
everywhere that i)urchasers can be so positively assured 
of getting the full worth of their money, and this fact 
is very generally appreciated and acted upon. The 
premises occupied by this firm will measure 20xr>0 feet. 
Two careful assistants are employed in attending to the 
numerous customers, and every order will receive 
prompt attention. Those wishing the choicest pro- 
visions, meats, vegetables, fruit, etc., have no occasion 
to go beyond the limits of this house to find the same, as 
a specialty is made of catering to this class of trade. 
Particular attention is paid to jirocure supplies of such 
a superior quality that they cannot fail to give satisfac- 
tion. Tlds business was established in 187.5 by Mr. < '. K. 
Mountfort. The present firm, consisting of C." F. Slount- 
fort and F. W. Higgins, was formed in 1880. 'I'hese 
gentlemen are both natives of Maine. Teleplione ll.i. 



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MITCHELL BEOS., Dealers in Ladies' and 
Geuts" Fine Boots and Shoes, Fine Custom Work of all 
tinds a Specialty, Manufacturers of Waterproof Leather 
Preservative, No. 7 Temple street, Portland, Me. There 
is no single article of dress which the average person 
exercises more care in choosing than that of foot-wear, 
and there is excellent reason for this, for not only one's 
personal appearance, but one's comfort also is largely 
dependent upon the boots or shoes worn. Those «ho 
have made a study of the matter assert no two individ- 
uals feet are exactly alike, there being certain peculi- 
arities of shape in every instance, the same as there are 
peculiarities of feature which render every individual 
distinguishable from his fellows, and as this is the case 
it is evident that the only way to properly cater to all 
tastes and requirements is to carry so large a stock that 
the most varying demands can be satisfied. In this con- 
nection we may properly call attention to the assort- 
ment offered by the Mitchell Bros., at No. 7 Temple St., 
for this is complete in every department, and is com- 
posed of the productions of the most popular manu- 
facturers. The firm is composed of Messrs. Manuel, 
Michael and Joaquin Mitchell, all of whom are natives 
of Portugal. They founded their present business in 
1SG5. The premises utilized are about 70x16 feet in 
dimensions, and two assistants are employed. This firm 
makes a specialty of fine custom work of all kinds, 
which is done at very reasonable prices, and they are 
also manufacturers of a waterproof leather preservative ; 
all goods are warranted and bottom prices quoted. 

CHARLES S. LIBBY, Painter and Paper- 
hanger, 493 Forest Street, Portland, Maine. That there 
is an opportunity for the display of no mean degree of 
taste and skill in the selection and application of wall 
paper our readers will readily admit, for colors aud 
patterns suited to certain circumstances and conditions 
would be strangely out of place were the surroundings 
different. From the very nature of the subject no un- 
deviating rules can be given for guidance when making 
such selections, although it is generally understood that 
small figures should be chosen for small apartments, and 
that dark papers should not be used in rooms imperfect- 
ly lighted. The most important rule, after all, to ob- 
serve is to make your selection from a stock that is not 
only large aud varied but that contains a full assort- 
ment of the latest patterns, for there is fashion in wall 
papers as in everything else, and few of us want to be 
"behind the times.'' The fine appearance of a house 
depends very much, too, upon the painting, the choice 
of colors used, and the relation which one color has to 
another, and the neatness with which it is done, as well 
as in the manner in which wall paper is hung. Some- 
times the most delicate and choice designs in wall papers 
are ruined by the carelessness of the workman in hang- 
ing them. We would call your attention to Mr. Charles 
S. Libby, who is a painter and paper-hanger. He is a 
native of this city. There are many specimens of his 
work to be seen here, and we feel confident in recom- 
mending him to those having nice work to be done, 
knowing he would not have secured so large a portion 
of the patronage of this city had he not been worthy. 



T. McFADDEN, Dealer in Groceries and 
Provisions, 199 Congress St., Portland, Me. Mr. B. E. 
McDonnagh conducted business in this store for about 
fifteen years and was succeeded by the present pro- 
prietor, Mr. T. McFadden in 1890. The stock of goods 
that he carries is a full and very carefully selected as- 
sortment of Family Groceries and Provisions. The pro- 
prietor does not lack experience, and understands his 
business thoroughly, and by giving close personal at- 
tention to his customers the'high reputation is carefully 
maintained which was formerly secured and the number 



of regular patrons is steadil}' increasing. The premises 
occupied will measure 25xG0 feet. Employment is given 
to two assistants who are competent to fill orders at 
short notice. Every visitor is waited upon promptly. 
The stock of Provisions will be found complete in all 
seasons, and the quality of the goods and variety oflered 
here will compare very favorably with any in the market. 
The prices are as low as can be found for the same 
elsewhere. 

NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR- 
ANCE CO., of Boston, Mass. V. Richard Foss, General 
Agent, 16 and 17 Oxford Building, Portland, Me. It is 
conceded that the insurance laws of Massachusetts are 
more carefully drawn up and more fully protect the 
interests of policy holders than do the laws of any other 
State in the Union, and therefore it is obvious that a 
company organized under Massachusetts laws aud issu- 
ing policies in accordance with their provisions must 
offer the acme of security to the insured. The New 
England Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Boston, 
was chartered in 1835, commenced business in 1843, and 
during its nearly half-century of active existence has 
fairly won an unsurpassed reputation for the exercise of 
liberality and equity in its relations to policy holders. 
The company issues no policies on the tontine plan, and 
all its policies are governed by the non-forfeiture laws 
of Massachusetts, which provides that no policy shall 
become forfeited or void for non-payment of premiums, 
after the payment of two annual premiums. In default 
of payment of subsequent premiums, it is binding on the 
Company to issue a paid-up policy, or upon application 
to pay a stipulated amount of cash for the policy upon 
its surrender at any anniversary. The policy conditions 
concerning residence and travel are of the most liberal 
description, and in fact the inducements oftered to those 
seeking insurance are so many and important that one 
will best serve his own interests by carefully reading 
the application and form of policy used by the New 
England Mutual Life, before insuring in any company. 
Blanks and all desired information may be obtained by 
application in person or by mail to Mr. V. P>ichard Foss, 
General Agent, Nos. IG and 17 Oxford Building. 

GEO. H. GRIFFEN, Diamonds, Watches, 
Jewelry, Silverware, &c., .509 Congress Street, Portland, 
Me. The retail jewelry business is much the same as 
any other in at least one important respect, — there are 
some engaged in it who are content to "poke along" in 
the same old ruts that they and their predecessors have 
followed from the beginning, while there are others who 
believe thoroughly in progress and are always on the 
alert to ascertain the latest needs of the public, and to 
supply them, if such a thing be possible. To this latter 
class belongs Mr. George H. Griffen, who, in 1SS9. suc- 
ceeded Messrs. Wentworth & Co., who had begun busi- 
ness in 1877. Mr. Griffen is a native of Massachusetts, 
and is thoroughly familiar with the watch and jewelry 
business in which he has had long aud varied experience. 
He appreciates the fact that there are others besides the 
wealthy in every community, and that indeed the jewel- 
er, as well as about all other merch.ants, must depend 
for the bulk of his patronage upon those who have a use 
for every dollar of their income, and are neither able nor 
willing to pay extravagant prices. As a natural conse- 
quence he quotes as low rates as are consistent with a 
fair margin of profit, and makes a specialty of watches 
and jewelry that can be sold at medium prices, although 
his stock comprises a full assortment, ranging from the 
cheapest to the most costly goods, and including dia- 
monds, watches, jewelry, silverware and optical goods 
of every description. Employment is given to three 
competent assistants; repairing is done in a superior 
manner at short notice, and every caller at No. .109 Con- 
gress street is assured prompt and polite attention. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



CHAS. P. BABCOCK, :Manufactiiies to Or- 
der Fire and Burglar Proof Safes, Bauk Vaults, Doors, 
etc., 36 Temple St., Portland, Me. Mr. Charles P. 
Babcock is one of the best known and most skilful 
mechanics in Portland, he carrying on an old established 
business and turning out work of the very highest type 
of excellence. He is a native of Xew Jersey, and began 
operations in this city in 1874. The premises utilized 
by Jiim are located at \o. 36 Temple St., and have an 
area of nearly 2,000 square feet, they being fitted up 
with improved machinery, including an 8 horse power 
engine. Mr. Babcock manufactures to order Fire and 
Burglar Proof .Safes, Bank Vaults, Doors, etc., his 
work embodying the latest improvements and being 
fully warranted as regards both material and workman- 
ship. Employment is given to 7 experienced assistants, 
and orders can be filled at short notice, special and im- 
mediate attention being given by expert workmen to 
calls from banks troubled with defective doors, bole 
work or locks, of any manufacture. Another impor- 
tant department of the business is the manufacture to 
order of apparatus for the treatment of distortions and 
debilities of the trunk, and for the treatment of deform- 
ities, debilities and deficiencies of the lower extremities. 
Mr. Babcock is the inventor and manufacturer of a club 
foot shoe which is a marvel of ingenuity, strength, and 
efficiency, is endorsed by surgeons and physicians and 
is really the only light and serviceable club foot shoe 
made. Mail orders for any of the apparatus mentioned 
will be promptlj' filled at the lowest rates consistent 
with first-class work, and directions for measurement 
will be sent on application, so that even those wlio 
live far from Portland may have the benefit of Jlr. 
Babcock's experience, facilities and skill. 

E. F. BTT'KNAM & CO., Wholesale and 
Retail Dealers in Meats of all Kinds, Groceries, Flour, 
Teas, Coflees, .Spices and Canned Goods. .Ships .Stores, 
for Vessels of all Sizes, a Specialty. 121 Commercial 
Street, Portland, Me. Tlie establishment conducted by 
Messrs. ]{. F. Bucknam & Co. at Xo. 121 Commercial 
Street is a comparatively new but enterprising firm, and 
is a deserved favorite with those familiar with the many 
facilities it offers to purchasers of household and ship 
supplies. The enterprise was inaugurated by ]?. F. 
Bucknam & Co. in 1889. Mr. Bucknam is a native of 
Portland, and has had eight years experience in the 
wholesale refrigerator beef business, while Mr. Arthur 
S. Milliken is a native of Deering, and has also had eiglit 
years ixpirience in a similar business. Both give per- 
sonal attention to the details of the business, and as em- 
liloynient is all'arded to from two to four assistants, it is 
not sniprising that the extensive business should be 
promptly and accurately handled. 'l"he premises occu- 
pied comprise three floors and celler, each of the dim- 
ensions of 30 X 00, which contain a large stock of meats, 
groceries, flour, and canned goods. Both a wholesale 
and retail business is done, and the firm are in a position 
to supply these commodities in large or small quantities 
at positively bottom rates. They make a specialty of 
supplying ship stores for vessels of all sizes, and ofler 
extra inducements to customers in this department. 
They guarantee every article sold to prove as represent- 
ed, and the steady increase of their trade sliows tliat 
their honorable methods are appreciated. 

BABBIlKiE BROTIIK]{.s, I'.oaid. F.mmI, and 
I.ivery Stable; New Cushinan Street, Portland, Maine, 
The ideal boarding stable may be detined as one where 
the stall accommodations are spacious and convenient, 
the ventilation good, the drainage thorough, the food 
good iei quality and ample in rjuantity. and the service 
prompt, thorough and reliable. Nothing is perfect in 
this world and so the ideal stable does not exist, but it 
Is very closely approached and the establishment con- 



ducted by Messrs. Babbidge Brothers on New Cushman 
Street, comes about as near to it as any otlier in Port- 
land, and as a natural consequence it is highly com- 
mended by all who have made trial of its facilities. It 
was formerly carried on by Mr. W. B. Hasty, but since 
1889 has been under the control of Messrs. E. L. and 
Frank Babbidge, both of whom are natives of this State. 
Tlie stable can accommodate 46 horses, but it is not de- 
voted to boarding purposes entirely, an extensive livery 
business being a prominent feature of the enterprise, as 
first-class teams are supplied at very short notice and at 
prices that will compare very favorably witli tliose 
elsewhere on equally desirable accommodations. 

CHAS. W. HADLOCK. Dealer in Croekei y, 
China. Glass, Earthen, Stone, Kockingham, Tin and 
Wooden Ware. Silver and Nickel Plated Ware. I,am|)s 
and Lamp Fixtures. Fancy Goods, Hosiery, Under- 
wear, etc. No. 2ii7 Congress Street, Head of India 
Street, Cunningham Block, Portland, Me. This estab- 
lishment carries a stock so large and varied that no de- 
tailed mention of it can be made in our columns for lack 
of space, but we hope to give our readers some idea at 
least of the attractions offered here, for if we interest 
them sulticiently to cause them to visit the establishment 
in (juestion and see for themselves, we are sure that the 
result will be satisfactory to all parties concerned. 
'I'here are many special inducements ofl'ered to patrons, 
and much or little money may be expended to most ex- 
cellent advantage. The premises occupied cover an 
area of 1,875 feet, and the large assortment of goods on 
hand is displayed iti a manner that renders the task of 
selection comparatively easy. Competent assistants are 
employed, thus customers are given such immediate and 
polite "attention as to make a visit to tliis popular store, 
a very pleasant as well as profitable one. Goods will be 
cheerfully shown, and the variety available is so great 
that all tastes can be suited, while the range in ])rices is 
sufliciently extensive to enable all purses to be pro- 
vided for. The stock embraces china, glas«, crockery, 
tin, silver and plated ware, lamps and fixtures, fancy 
goods, hosiery, underwear, etc. We have only to men- 
tioned a few of the many articles, to give an idea of the 
class of goods handled. This enterprise was founded by 
Mrs. N. F. Iladlockin 1870, she was succeeded by Jlr. 
Chas. W. Hadlock in 1878. 

IKV^INO J. BROWX, Dealer in Fine Foot- 
wear. 401 Congress St., Brancli Store West End, 044 
Congress St., Portland, Me. There are many excellent 
reasons why care should be exercised in tlie selection of 
footwear and these reasons are so varied that some of 
tliem are worthy the consideration of every man, rich 
or poor, young or old, fastidious or careless in matters 
of dress. Comfort, appearance and temper are influenced 
to a great degree by the character of one's foot cover- 
ings, so the wise man is he who seeks to obtain foot- 
wear that is at once comfortable, stylish, and present- 
able, and in this connection we may properly call atten- 
tion to tlie goods ofl'ered by Mr. Irving J. Brown at his 
main store. No. 401 Congress St., and his West End 
store Xo. 1)44 Congress st., for they will " fill the bill "' 
in every particular and we can unhesitatingly guarantee 
satisfaction to all placing orders with this represent- 
ative dealer, who is a native of Maine and has carried on 
the shoe business in Portland since 1877. Eacli store 
has an area of 1200 square feet so ample room is given 
for the accommodation of a heavy and varied stock, em- 
bracing fine footwear of every description and including 
the productions of the leading manufacturers of this 
country. We need hardly say that Sir. Brown is in a 
position to (|Uote bottom prices, and as his goods always 
prove as represented it is not surprising that the services 
of 7 ellicient assistants should be required to attend to 
the many orders received. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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PAEKEE & NAGLE, Boat Builders, 407 and 
409 Commercial St., Portland, Me. Boats of all 
kinds constantly on hand. Job work promptly attended 
to. Long experience is as essential as manual skill and 
natural ability to the attainment of the best results in 
boat building, and the fact that Mr. Parker, of the tirm 
of Parker & Nagle, has been connected witli his present 
enterprise for 2.5 years goes far to explain the high re- 
putation of that concern for turning out uniformly 
first-class work. Operations were bpgun by Griffin & 
Twitchell, in 1SG4, and the present firm, composed of 
Messrs. John W. Parker and Joseph C. Nagle, was 
formed in 1878. The premises made use of are located 
at Nos. 407 and 409 Commercial St., and comprise 1 floor 
measuring .30x40 feet; another 35x50 feet, and a shed 30 
xGO feet; they being fitted up with all necessary facili- 
ties to euable orders to be promptly and satisfactorily 
filled. Boats of all kinds are constantly in stock and 
will be furnished at as low rates as can be named on 
boats honestly and skilfully made of selected material. 
Job work will be promptly and carefully attended to, 
repairing being done in a neat, strong and durable man- 
ner, and particular attention being given to alterations 
and to the building to order of small craft of any kind. 
More experience in building Steam Launches than any- 
one else in the State. Anything from a shell to a steam- 
boat. 

SEW ALL LANG, Dealfer in all kinds of Fresh, 
Pickled and Smoked Fish and Lobsters, put up in Quan- 
tities to suic Customers for Family LTse. Ovsters whole- 
sale aud retail. 198 Brackett St.. Portland, Me. Kesi- 
dents of Portland and vicinity are very advantageously 
situated so far as their obtaining all varieties of sea-food 
is concerned for Portland is one of the leading markets 
of the country for that class of provisions aud in fact is 
the centre of supply for all the" country adjoining. Of 
course some of the local dealers possess better facilities 
than othprs but it is sale to say that Mr. Sewall Lang is 
well up to the head of the list in this respect and it is 
not surprising that such should be the case for the en- 
terprise conducted by him is one of the oldest of the 
kind in the city, it was at one time carried on by Mr. 
John H. Hall, he being succeeded by Messrs. Lang & 
Sargent who remained in control about 20 years, being 
succeeded by the present proprietor about 16 years ago, 
Mr. Lang is a native of Cumberland, Maine, has held 
office as Overseer of the Poor for the past 12 years, and 
is extremely well known in social as well as in business 
circles. He occupies premises located at No. 198 Brack- 
ett St., and deals in all kinds of Fresh, Pickled and 
Smoked Fish and Lobsters, put up in quantities to suit 
customers for family use. Oysters are dealt in both at 
wholesale and retail and all the popular varieties may 
be obtained here at the very'lowest market rates. Em- 
ployment is given to 3 assistants and callers are assured 
prompt and courteous attention, all goods being fully 
guaranteed to prove just as represented. 

J. L. STEOUT, Dealer in Groceries, Provi- 
sions, Flour, Teas, CofTees, Spices and Canned Goods, 
94 Portland, St. Mr. J. L. Strout, has only been iden- 
tified with the establishnipnthe now conducts since 1890, 
but has already gained a high and well deserved reputa- 
tion for handling strictly reliable articles and quoting 
the lowest market prices in every department of his 
business. The premises are centrally located and spa- 
cious, but none too much so to properly accommodate 
the heavy stock carried, which comprises all goods 
usually found in a first-class grocery and provision 
store. ' Mr. Strout enjoys a large family trade, and na- 
turally caters expressly to that class of patrons. The 
assortment of staple groceries offered by him includes 
everything in that line in common use, and the goods 



are without exception obtained from the most reliable 
sources, they may be confidently depended on to prove 
just as represented. Mr. Strout is a native of Maine, 
and naturally enjoys the high esteem which his business 
has gained. He occupies premises at No. 94 Portland 
St., some 1300 square feet in dimensions, where in ad- 
dition to Groceries and Provisions, he carries a fine as- 
sortment of flour, teas, cofl'ees, spices, and canned goods. 
Employment is given to able assistants and callers are 
assured of receiving jjolite and immediate attention at 
all times. 

DE. BUENHAM'S Electric Silver Battery. 
Lung Protector, Voltaic Battery Belts, and other Elec- 
tric Appliances, the Great Blood Purifier, and Healer of 
Diseases. No. 45 Exchange St., Portland, Me. Dr. 
Burnham's Electric Appliances supply what has long 
been needed, viz. : a safe and convenient method of ap- 
plying electricity, without the attendance of a practical 
electrician. The Dr. takes the best agents and combines 
them in a very scientific manner so as to produce a 
mild current of electricity upon the body, aud Its reme- 
dial eflTect is truly wonderful. They are a sure cure for 
lame back. The various articles which Dr. Burnham 
has introduced for restoring the vital energy through 
Electricity, have been proved to be of great value, as 
many persons can testifj' who have been benefited by 
them. His Electric Battery Belts and Soles are very 
highly recommended by those who have used them, 
and whose testimony we have had the pleasure of read- 
ing. Dr. Burnham who is a native of Kennebunkport, 
Me., has been located at No. 45 Exchange St., Portland, 
Me., since 1S83, and has during that time made many 
lite long friends among those whom he has cured. All 
these appliances are made under the personal supervi- 
sion of the Dr. any one of which will be made to order 
on application and sent by Mail on receipt of price, 
$2.00 and upwards. A large stock of these several ar- 
ticles is constantly on hand. Consultation Free. Prices 
$2.00 and up. Can be sent by mail. A sure cure for 
lame back. 

A. K. P. LEIGHTOX & SON, Shipwrights 
and Caulkers. WhiteOnk I'hink, Oak and Hack Timber, 
Deck Plank, Anchor Stocks, Windlass Pieces, Tree- 
nails, etc., constantly on hand. No. 288 Commercial St., 
Portland, Sle. V\'e take great pleasure in making prom- 
inent and favorable mention of the enterprise conducted 
by Messrs. A. K. P. Leighton & Son, for the reputation 
of a sea-port city or town depends in a great measure 
upon the character of the work done and the charges 
made by its shipwrights, and the firm in question have 
done and are doing much to make Portlmd favorably 
known to all ship owners and ship masters who appre- 
ciate skilful and durable work and fair charges. The 
business of this representative concern was founded in 
1870 by Mr. A. K. P. Leighton, who is a native of Steu- 
ben, Me., and admitted his son, Mr. S. H. Leighton, a 
native of Pembroke, Me., to partnership in 1889. The 
firm are Shipwrights and Caulkers and are prepared to 
execute the most extensive commissions at short notice 
and to give prompt and careful attention to even the 
smallest orders. They utilize spacious premises at No. 
288 Commercial St., and constantly carry a full assort- 
ment of White Oak Plank, Oak and Hack Timber, Deck 
Plank, Anchor Stocks, Windlass pieces. Tree-nails, and 
other supplies. The reliability of this concern may be 
judged from the fact that they refer by permission to 
'such well-known houses as J. S. Winslow & Co., Ryan 
& Kelsev, and E . Lewis ct Co., of Portland ; J . S. Emery 
& Co., Peter Mclntire & Co., and J. II. Flitner & Co., 
of Boston ; and Adams <fc Hitchcock, Gardner; G. Deer- 
lug, and Kelley & Spear, of Bath. Moderate chaiges 
are made in every instance and the high reputation thus 
far held will be fully maintained in the future. 



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GALLAGHER & CO., Ship- Brokers aud 
Coiiiniission Merchants, Xo. 179 Commercial Street, 
Portland, Jle. t'lose application, energy and intelligence 
will go far towards commanding success in any line of 
business, but in some of them nothing can take the place 
of natural ability, and this is pre-eminently the case with 
some business men, for it is unquestionably a fact that 
the really first-class merchant is born and not made. 
This enterprise was originated a great many years ago 
by Messrs. Bunker Bros., who carried the business on 
till 187G, when the present firm of Gallagher & Co. 
assumed control; this is composed of Messrs. D. Galla- 
gher, a native of St. .lohns, N. B., and I. T. Gallagher, 
a native of Portland. Mr. I). Gallagher has for two 
years been a member of the city government 
as councilman, and is one of the present board of alder- 
men. They are ship-brokers and commission merchants, 
with their office at No. 17!) Commercial street. They pay 
particular attention to obtaining freights of all kinds, 
foreign and domestic ; vessels Ijought and sold on com- 
mission. Cape Breton steam coals for sale by the cargo. 



E. W. STEYEXS. Apothecary, Corner Port- 
land and Parris Streets, Portland, Me. Four years of 
faithful and successful prosecution of a business enter- 
prise, aflbrds satisfactory evidence that the person or 
persons holding such a record are entitled to the con- 
fidence and patronage of the community, and as this is 
just the length of time that the enterprise now conduct- 
ed by Mr. E. W. Stevens, at tlie corner of Portland and 
Parris Streets has been before the public, it is only 
natural that it should be a very popular one. and receive 
the endorsement and support it so richly deserves. Mr. 
Stevens is a native of Portland, and founded his present 
business in 188r,. He has a vivid appreciation of the 
responsibilities attending a retail prescription pharmacy, 
and has therefore given that close and incessant atten- 
to every detail of this department, that has so often and 
favorably been remarked iipim by those acquainted with 
it. As a result of this continuous caution, the establish- 
ment under notice holds a reputation second to none for 
reliability aud conservatism, and its prescription trade 
is steadily increasing. The stock of drugs, medicines, 
etc., on hand is complete and desirable in every feature, 
and there is also carried an assortment of fine toilet 
articles, and drug store goods in general, that is worthy 
of careful inspection. The prices are low, and two 
competent assistants are at hand to give prompt atten- 
tion to customers. 

WILLIAM TAYLOR, Ship Smith, and 
General Jobber. Special Attention Giveq to Soldering 
Coppers of all Kinds. No. 74 Commercial Street, Port- 
land, Me. Patronage Solicited and Satisfaction Guaran- 
teed. The business now carried on by Mr. William 
Taylor was founded by Mr. B. Delano, ami has since 
been conducted in turn by the firms of I)elano, Taylor 
& Co., and \. 'I'aylor. In 1870 it came under the sole 
management of the jiresent proprietor. This gentleman 
is a native of Prince Kdward Island, and his liberal and 
enterprising methods have reeieved favorable comment 
from all with wliom he has had business dealings. His 
shop is located at No. 74 Commercial Street, and is fitted 
up with all the facilities necessary to a ship smith, 
which is the business Mr. 'i'aylor follows. He is i>re- 
pared to do general jobbing, and gives special attention 
to solderir)g coppers of all kinds. No trouble is spared 
to secure durability and neatness in every job turned 
out, and all work is guaranteed to ensure'satisfaction. 
From three to five assistants are employed, and orders 
can be executed at very short notice wlicn necessary. 
'I'he prices charged are extremely moderate, full value 
being returned for all monev reei"ived. 



AY. L. WILSON & CO., Grocers, Frank W. 
Stockman. Portland, Me. Enterprises which have been 
successfully carried on for nearly half a century are not 
so common as to be passed by without notice especially 
when, as in the case of that conducted by Messrs. W. 
I.. Wilson & Co., they are of a character which makes 
them of particular interest to the public. We say con- 
ducted by W. I,. Wilson & Co., for it is under tliat old 
aud lionored firm-name that the undertaking is carried 
on, but as a matter of f.act the sole proprietor is yix. 
Frank W. Stockman and he has been such for nearlv a 
score of year, he assuming sole control in 187.'i. The 
business was established in 1844, and Mr. Stockman, 
who is a native of Topsham, Me., became a partner in 
1SC7. The firm are both Wholesale and Retail Grocers 
and Flour Dealers, the wholesale grocery and flour store 
being located on Federal St., and coniiirising 2 floors and 
a basement, of ihe dimensions of 40x50 feet, while the 
retail establishment is at the corner of Exchange and 
Federal sts., the premises including 2 floors and a base- 
ment, and measuring :{0x05 feet. A very extensive trade 
is enjoyed in both departments of the busiuess, as is 
indicated by the fact that it is necessary to employ from 
18 to 20 assistants in order to ensure the prompt and 
accurate service to which the patrons of this house are 
accustomed. The lowest market rates are quoted on 
both wholesale and retail orders, but the most prominent 
and popular feature of the management is the absolute 
dependence that can be placed on all representations 
made, for from first to last this house has sold and 
continues to sell all goods strictlj' on their merits. 

MISS ALICE M. GOULD, Artist, No, •''.•37^ 
Congress St,, Portland, Me, Nothing is more unsatisfac- 
tory than a verbal description of pictures of any kind, 
and, therefore, we will not try to describe the work done 
by Miss .Mice M, Gould of this city. This lady is a well 
known and popular artist, and has been well represented 
in all the leading art exhibitions of the country. She also 
gives a yearly exliibition of her work at lier own studio, 
which is at No. :<iu\ ( ongress street, where commissions 
for painting in almost any material will be executed. Miss 
Gould also teaches drawing and painting, and is pre- 
pared to receive pupils privately or in classes, aud to 
give them the full benefit of her instruction. Her terms 
are extremely moderate, and we can assure those who 
are desirous of taking lessons in any of the brandies 
named that Miss Gould is the artist they ought to inter- 
view before a final decision is arrived at. Her studio is 
charmingly fitted up and all callers are courteously 
received. 

I. Y. GILMAK. rinl)rella Mannfacturer and 
Repairer, 00 Oak Street, Portland, Me. It is said that 
iiundreds of thousands of dollars are expended annually 
for umbrellas in the United States, and the statement 
seems reasonable enough, for practically every adult 
person owns at least one umbrella, and there are nearly 
twenty million adults in the country. Many an 
umbrella is thrown aside when it could be made as 
good as new at a trivial expense, and in this connection 
we may fittingly call attention to the shop of Mr, 1. V. 
Oilman at No. CO Oak Street, for he is an umbrell:; 
manufacturer and repairer, and is prepared to do work 
in a superior manner, at short notice and at reason:iblc 
rates. Parasols are recovered to match suits, or in any 
desired style, and made as good as new. Mr. Gilinau 
was born in Denmark, Maine, and succeeded Messrs. 
Chas. .lackson & Co. in the ownership of his present 
business in 1880. He has built up quite an extensive 
trade and it is steadily Increasing, for he gives excellent 
value for money received, and by representing tilings 
just as they are, gains the confidence of his customers 
and causes tliem to come again ami <rm\ their friends. 



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EAST END NEWS CO., 235 Congress St., 
Portland, Me. The man who don't read the newpapers, 
deprives himself of one of the best means known of ac- 
quiring a liberal education, and there is not the least 
doubt that he who is not a newspaper reader, is seriously- 
handicapped in the race for wealth. By wealth we do 
not mean money alone. There is a wealth of inform- 
ation, a wealth of many other things, without which 
money is of but little value, and a man who takes an 
interest in general afl'airs, outside his own little circle, 
has an unlimited source of enjoyment to draw upon. 
Newspapers being public educators, he who aids in cir- 
culating them is certainly deserving of consideration, 
and it will not be denied that Messrs. Washburn & Per- 
kins, the proprietors of the East End News Co., render 
efiicient aid in circulating such publications, for they 
deal in all the leading daily, weekly, and monthly pub- 
lications. The premises occupied by the East End 
News Co. are located at No. 235 Congress St., and cover 
an area of about 1000 square feet. A well selected as- 
sortment of goods is always to be found at this estab- 
lishment, and comprise in addition to Newspapers, 
Periodicals, etc., a choice line of Confectionery, Cigars, 
Tobacco, and Fancy Groceries. Tlie East End News 
Co. was established in ISOO by Messrs. F. H. Washburn 
and B. E. Perkins, the former being a native of Fal- 
mouth, Me., and the latter of Pepperell, Mass. Em- 
ployment is given to a sufficient force of assistants, 
thus enabling every customer to receive prompt and 
courteous attention, and also to ensure the prompt and 
accurate filling of every order. 

JAMES B. TOTTPm, Pharmacist, Cor. Ox- 
ford and Mayo Sts., Portland, Me. A first-class drug 
store is certainly one of the most useful and deserving 
establishments which can be maintained in a community, 
for the most skillful physician can do but comparatively 
little unless there is a supply of fresh drugs, medicines 
and chemicals close at hand. It is generally conceded 
that Mr. James B. Totten, who is a thoroughly educated 
pharmacist, spares no pains to afford the best possible 
service to the public, and a visit to the Drug Store of 
which he is proprietor, will prove this concession to be 
justified by facts, for the stock on hand is certainly com- 
plete in ever}' department, and one cannot lielp noting 
the extreme care which is taken in the compounding of 
prescriptions. Nothing is left to chance, and nothing 
is taken for granted, and the fact that prescriptions can 
be filled here at all hours is of the greatest importance. 
Mr. Totten is a native of New Jersey, and founded his 
present business here in Portland in 186.5. The prem- 
ises, which are 25 by 40 feet in dimensions, are located 
at the corner of Oxford and Mayo Sts., and contain in 
addition to drugs, etc., already referred to, a full assort- 
ment of fancy toilet articles and druggists, sundries of 
all kinds. Employment is given to thoroughly com- 
petent assistants and callers are sure of receiving prompt 
and courteous attention. The prices quoted are moder- 
ate iu every department and all articles purchased here 
are sure to prove as represented. 

JAMES M. BUZZELL, M. D., Physician and 
Surgeon, also proprietor of a Vegetable Blood Cordial, 
Dyspeptic Remedy and Tonic Bitters. Office : Corner 
Pearl and I'ederal Sts., Portland, Me. Prominent among 
the Physicians and Surgeons of this city, stanas James 
M. Buzzell, M. D. His name and reputation are well 
known to most people in Portland, for he has been a suc- 
cessful practicioner for more than half a century, hav- 
ing begun his career in 18.36. Dr. Buzzell is a native of 
Parsonsfield, Me., and is the son of Rev. John Buzzell, 
and comes of a family of Doctors, he being one of three 
brothers to enter the medical pi-ofession. Dr. James 
M. Buzzell was graduated at Dartmouth College, after 



which time he spent a number of years teaching. He 
has occupied the position of Professor or teacher in five 
different Colleges. His career as physician and surgeon 
has been one of long standing and wide experience, and 
he has been successful in operations and cures, which 
from their delicate nature, men of less experience and 
confidence, have been fearful of trying. That dreadful 
disease. Cancer, has always been called incurable, and 
for its advanced stages, no remedy has yet been found. 
Dr. Buzzell, however, has remedies which for superficial 
Cancer, are surer than the knife, and for this alone he 
deserves the thanks of suffering humanity. His remedies 
for other serious diseases, notably tumors and scrofu- 
lous troubles, as well as others of various natures, liave 
proved most efficacious. Dr. Buzzell is tiie proprietor 
of several excellent tonic medicines, a Vegetable Blood 
Cordial, a remedy for dyspepsia and Tonic Bitters. 
These can be obtained from Dr. Buzzell himself, at his 
oftice, corner Pearl and Federal Sts., where during office 
hours he is always ready to see patients. 



EASTERN BEEF COMPANY, Butchers and 
Dealers in Live Stock, Commission Merchants in^ Dres- 
sed Beef. A. T. Smith, Prop'r., 13 and 15 Silver Street 
Market, Portland. One of the essentials to success in 
these days of close competition, is to thoroughly un- 
derstand your particular line of trade in every detail, 
and there can be no doubt that much of the popularity 
enjoyed by Mr. A. T. Smith, proprietor of the Eastern 
Beef Company, at Nos. 13 and 15 Silver St. Market, is 
due to the fact of his perfect familiarity with the 
business he now manages. He was born in Windham, 
Me., and opened a slaughter house in 1807 under the 
firm name of J. & A. T. Smith, and in 18S7 he became 
identified with his present enterprise. The business 
carried on is strictly wholesale and is very extensive, a 
large trade being done in live stock, and also in dressed 
beef. Employment is given to two competent assistants 
and all orders and commissions are given immediate and 
accurate attention. Mr. Smith carries on an extensive 
Slaughter House at Allen's Corner, which is equipped 
with all the most improved facilities for storage and the 
handling of a large stock. 

S. A. SHAW, Eating House and Lunch 
Room ; Meals at All Hours ; Terms Reasonable ; No. 52. 
Market Street, Portland, Me. Mr. S. A. Shaw keeps just 
such an establishment as the majority of experienced 
travelers like to come across, for its proprietor pays more 
attention to comfort than to style, and the consequence 
is that his guests obtain most satisfactory accommoda- 
tions at most reasonable figures. Of course, it is hard to 
define just what is meant by " style," for what may seem 
very stylish to one man may appear quite the opposite to 
another, but generally speaking, the most "stylish" 
restaurants are those that charge the highest rates, for 
the least satisfactory service. The establishment now 
conducted by Mr. S.A. Shaw was established about 1872^ 
by Mr. H. B. Shaw, who was succeeded by the present 
proprietor iu 1890. This eating house and lunch room is 
located at No. 52 Market street, and has become known 
as a most excellent place at which to get a good sub- 
stantial meal or only a lunch for a very little money. 
Meals will be served at all hours, and there is not a simi- 
lar establishment in this section of Portland deserving a 
more liberal patronage. The bill of fare is alw.iys 
extensive and varied, and the dining room is ahv:iys 
kept in a neat and attractive condition, while an etticiiMit 
force of assistants is constantly employed, and at all 
times of the year the supply of substantials and delicacies 
is sufiiciently abundant and varied 10 allow of .all tastes 
being suited. Mr. Shaw is a native of Gray, Me., and- 
gives close personal attention to the many details of \\\y 
business, thus assuring satisfactory results. 



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WM. GEEWER, Oiifrinal Vienna Confectioner 
and Caterer; Hanquet Kooms for Private Parties; No. 
508 Congress Street, Franklin Block, Portland, Me. An 
unfailing sign of the metropolitan character of a city is 
the existence of a thst-class original Vienna confectionery 
and catering establishment in its midst. The expenses 
of such an establishment are necessarily large, and 
unless it receives extended and continuous support, it 
cannot long be maintained in proper condition. It is 
gratifying, therefore, in prejiaring this review of Port- 
land's business houses of prominence, to be able to point 
out such an establishment as that carried on by Mr. VV'm. 
Greucr. the original Vienna confectioner and caterer, for 
the more one Is acriuainted with what constitutes a well- 
ec|uippe<i confectionery and catering establishment, the 
more thoroughly convinced he will be of the excellence 
of the one mentioned. Mr. Grewer is a native of Ger- 
many, and has carried on business in Portland since 18S4 
and at his present address since 1889, and has constantly 
added to his facilities until now they are equalled by 
none in this section. This establishment is located at 
508 Congress street. (F'ranklin block), and Mr. Grewer 
makes a specialty of catering for weddings, parties, etc. 
Private dinners will be served in the best style at reason- 
able rates. Mr. Grewer also has ban(|uet rooms for 
private parties, elegantly furnished and fitted, which are 
situated on tiie- second floor, and is prepared to supply 
such parties at short notice and in the latest style. All 
orders are promptly attended to, and everything is guar- 
anteed to be pure, as every article sold is made on tlie 
premises. Those wishing the best of food, skilfully 
cooked and nicely served, should, by all means, give Mr. 
Brewer a call, especially as his prices are uniformly 
reasonable. 



J. .J. ]5EAi;L)SWOirni, Dciilcr in Cij;ar.s, 
Tobacco, Periodicals, etc.; Also Agent for Huntley's 
Kiln Dried Bundle Kindling Wood, No. 85 India Street, 
Portland, Me. This establishment, which ranks among 
theleadingenterprisesof its kind in this section of the city, 
is one of the most popular dealing in cigars, tobacco, 
etc. Mr. J. J. Beardsworth, the present proprietor, 
established the business in 188.'t, and to his superior skill, 
able management and untiring industry, is due, in a 
great measure, the progress and success which has been 
attained during its career. A large antl varied stock is 
carried, including cigars, tobacco, periodicals, etc. Mr. 
Beardsworth is also agent for Huntley's kiln dried 
bundle kindling wood, and possesses every facility for 
giving Ills patrons and friends extra iii(luceinents,"botli 
in low prices and excellent quality of goods sold. The 
store occupied is located at No. 85 India street, and 
covers an area of some 000 s(|uare feet. It is conveniently 
located, and is rilled with as large and reliable a stock as 
can be found in any similar establishment. Mr. Beards- 
worth is a native of Kngland, and is very well known in 
tliis section of Portland. He is enterprising and ener- 
getic, and his business standing and general reputation, 
as well as the liberal manner in which the busine's is 
conducted, is a subject of the most favorable commi'iit. 



C. E. SNOW, Mason and Builder, Xo. 
95 Clark Street, Portland, Me. Other things 
being equal, tiie more prosperous and enter- 
|)rising the community, the more active and 
extensive tiie builtiing operations, and Portland 
is no exception to this rule, for building is 
going on here constantly, and the building 
trade comprises some of the most active and 
intluential of our resident business men. Among 
those making a specialty of mason work men- 
tion should be made of Mr. C. il. Snow, for 
during the fifteen years that he has carried on 
Ills present business, he has gained a leading 
position among the masons and builders of this 
section. His shop is located at No. 95 Clark street, and 
those contemplating building would do well to communi- 
cate with him, for he is prepared to figure very closely 
on plans and specifications for cellar walls, retaining 
walls, abutments, piers, brick or stone columns, fire- 
places, cliimneys, setting steam boilers cement work of 
all kinds. Personal attention given to drain work, etc., 
and may be depended upon to implicitly carry out every 
agreement. (leneral jobbing will also be done at moder- 
ate rates, and as employment is given to from twentv to 
thirty assistants, orders can be filled at very short notice. 



31. BKNSOX. Sale Stal)k-, and Dcali-r in Char- 
coal, No. 15I Green .Street, Portland, Me. There is not a 
betterknown ('stablishment in this city than that conduct- 
ed by Mr. M. Benson, at No. 151 Green street, for this 
gentleman has done business in Portland for the past 
eighteen years, having inaugurated his enterprise in 
1878. The premises utilized are expressly fitted up for 
the carrying on of his business to the best advantage, 
and comprises one of the largest sale stables in Port- 
land, having accommodations for forty horses. .Mr. 
Benson is a native of (;ray. Me., and is well-known in 
this community. He gives emploj'ment to seven assist- 
ants and does both a wholesale and retail business. He 
deals extensively in charcoal, and as lie burns his own 
coal, is in a i>osition to offer the best bargains as regards 
quality as well as prices. Mr. Benson is thoroughly 
acquainted with the iiabits and care of horses, and all 
animals entrusted to his stable will receive kind and gen- 
tle treatment. He is an iionorable and conscientiou* 
business man. All patrons are assured early and 
courteous attention, and the prices in both department- 
of his business are in the liighest degree •satisfactory. 
Any persons wishing charcoal, by sending orders by 
postal or otherwise, will receive promjit attention. 



JOHN FLEMING, Hakeiy, No. .S() Middh- 
Street, Portland, Me. Thepopularity of an establishment 
does not always depend upon the pretentions it makes, 
and so true is this, that it may even be said that some of 
the most uni>retentious establishments are actually the 
most genuinely popular. .\s a prominent example, wc 
would i)oint to the one conducted by Mr. John Fleming 
at No. 80 Middle street, for while this does not preteiKl 
to be a representative store in any sense of the word, 
still it is so popular in tins neighborhood that the public 
could not easily get along without it, or at least, would 
make serious objections to its being closed. Mr. Fleming 
has carried on tliis bakery for about ten years, and ha^ 
built up .a growing trade in bread, cake and jiastry. Tli'' 
premises comprise one lloor and basement about 400 feii 
each in dimensions. Employment is given to twocapabli- 
assistants that customers may be i>rom]itly attended to. 
The excellence of the bread and other articles bought 
here is noted, it being the policy of the projirietor tn 
furnish only sucli as will give entire satisfaction, and to 
oll'er them at the lowest rates. Mr. Fleming is a native 
of St. Johns. N. B. 



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BOYD STEEET STABLE, Boarding, Bait- 
ing aud Livery. M. S. Rounds, Proprietor. Particular 
Attention Given to Boarders. Hacii Orders Promptly 
Attended to. Telephone 579 B. Portland, Me. One's 
enjoyment " on the road " is so largely dependent upon 
having a good team, that it is hardly possible to use too 
much care in placing orders, and we can assure our 
readers that the turnouts supplied at the Boyd Street 
Stable are not surpassed by any public teams to be had 
in this city, or perliaps in this section. The Boyd Street 
boarding, baiting and livery stable has long been favpr- 
ably known. It was started in 1887 by Mr. C. F. 
Bounds, wiio was succeeded by Mr. M. S. Rounds, the 
present proprietor, in 1890. Mr. Rounds is a native of 
Portland, and now occupies premises on Boyd Street, 
containing all necessary facilities for carrying on a first- 
class .etable, having ample carriage room, with twenty- 
five stalls. Employment is given to four efficient assist- 
ants, and orders by telephone 579 B, or otherwise de- 
livered, will be filled without undue delay, hack orders 
being promptly attended to. Particular attention is 
given to boarders, aud all horses entrusted to his estab- 
lishment will be well and carefully treated. All who have 
had dealings with Mr. Rounds can testify to iiis ability 
as proprietor of such a business, also to his courteous 
aud gentlemanly metliods of conducting the same, and 
therefore we cordially recommend this establishment to 
to all in search of a first-class boarding, baiting and 
livery stable. 

W. A. KIXG, 22 Portland St., Portland, Me. 
Carriage Trimming also Carriage Painting. Consider- 
ing the comparatively small sum it costs to have a car- 
riage re-trimmed or painted, and made as good 
as new so far as this line of repairing is con- 
cerned, it seems strange that any owner of 
an ottierwise handsome and stylish vehicles should be 
satisfied to allow it to remain worn aud shabby looking, 
and we believe that if the facilities aflbrded by Mr. VV. 
A. King were more generally known, there would be 
fewer carriages in Portland and vicinity unable to bear 
close inspection. Mr. King makes a specialty of Car- 
riage Trimming and turns out work which will compare 
favorably with the best in the market. He uses carefully 
selected materials, employs skilled workmen, and puts 
his prices down to the lowest figures consistent with a 
fair profit. He is a native of England and has been en- 
gaged in his present line of business in Portland for over 
twenty-five years. He served in the Army during our 
late war, and is well-known throughout this city. The 
premises utilized by him are located at No. 22 Portland 
Street comprise a Trimming Shop about GOO square feet 
in size and a spacious Paint Shop, which are very thor- 
oughly equipped for Carriage Trimming and Painting in 
all its branches, and we have no hesitation in assuring 
satisfaction to those who may take advantage of the 
inducements oftered. Orders can be filled at short notice, 
and we repeat that the charges made are very low for 
first-class and reliable work. 

OEE & JENNINGS, Machinists, General 
Jobbing, Piping and Engine Repairs of every description, 
promptly attended to. No. 311 Fore Street, Portland, 
Maine, opposite Custom House. Every competent me- 
chanic will agree that it is often considerably easier to 
build a machine than to repair it, or rather that there is 
a chance for the display of more skill and ingenuity in 
performing the latter operation than the former one,and 
therefore when we say that the firm of Orr & Jennings 
are prepared to do general jobbing and engine repairs 
in the best possible manner, it follows that the engines 
and other machinery built by them show workmanship 
that will bear the severest comparison with that displayed 
in the production of other makers. This firm was formed 



in 1890, and is composed of Mr. \V. J. Orr, a native of 
Harpswell, Me., and Mr. E. E. Jennings of Lewiston, 
Me. The premises occupied by tliem are located at No. 
311 Fore street, they cover an area of some 1500 square 
feet, aud are extremely well equipped with machinery, 
tools, etc., emplo5'ment being given to four experienced 
assistants. A specialty is made of the manufacture of 
Marine engines, as well as general jobbing, piping aud en- 
gine repairing. Orders for any description of the above 
named lines of work will receive prompt and careful at- 
tention, and the charges made are moderate in every 
instance. Messrs. Orr and Jennings give close personal 
attention to all details of their business, and are there- 
fore in a position to guarantee perfect satisfaction to 
every customer. 

MERRILL PLACE, Dealer in Beef, Pork, 
Lard, Hams, Corned Beef, Tripe, Lamb, Sausages, 
Tongues, Vegetables, etc. ; Telephone, No. 981 ; Stall No. 
3, Milk Street Market, Portland, Me. Notwithstanding 
the many houses engaged in the sale of meat in this city, 
it is an undeniable fact that the demand for choice cuts 
appears to exceed the supply. There are few of our read- 
ers living in Portland aud keeping house but have at 
some time or other found that they could not seem to 
obtain just what they wanted in the way of meat, at any 
price. Now, although it is true that no animal has ever 
been discovered that was all tenderloin, still, if the right 
place be visited, one cau generally obtain the choicest 
and most toothsome of cuts, aud we know of no estab- 
ment better able to aflord satisfaction in this respect than 
that conducted by Mr: Merrill Place, at Stall No. 3, Milk 
street market ; these premises cover an area of about 700 
square feet, and a large and finely selected stock is con- 
stantly on hand. It includes all kinds of meats, such as 
beef, pork, lard, hams, corned beef, tripe, lamb, tongue, 
sausages, vegetables, etc. Mr. Place makes a specialt)' 
of choice cuts, and he spares no eflorts to accommodate 
his customers. This is an old business enterprise, aud 
was at one time conducted by Wm. H. Kenney & Son, 
who were succeeded by the present proprietor in 1867. 
Mr. Place is a native of Whitefield, Maine, and has 
proved to his many patrons that he understands the 
business. Competent assistants are at hand, and all 
callers are attended to with politeness and promptness. 
Orders by telephone or otherwise delivered will receive 
immediate and intelligent attention and be accurately 
delivered to any part of the city. 

FRED. A. TURNER, Apothecary, Corner of 
Congress and Washington Streets, Portland, Me. This 
establishment deserves prominent mention not only for 
its long standing in this community, but for the high 
estimation in which it is held by the numerous patrons 
who have been acquainted with the proprietor for over 
twenty years. This business was started in 1868 by 
Turner & Smith, who were succeeded in 1872 by Mr. 
Fred. A. Turner, the present proprietor. He is a native 
of Whitefield, Maine. He is very widely known 
throughout this section, and his abilities as a well- 
informed and conscientious apothecary are most highly 
appreciated. A complete assortment of drugs, med- 
icines, and chemicals is constantly kept in stock ; and 
physicians' prescriptions are compounded in the most 
approved and careful manner, and at short notice. Two 
assistants are employed who are competent and reliable 
in every respect. He also carries a fine collection of 
toilet and fancy articles which cannot fail to please the 
most fastidious in choice of such things. Spectacles and 
eye glasses, and the fitting and adjusting of same to the 
eye, is made a specialty. The premises will measure 
about 1,200 square feet. They are very neatly and 
tastefully arranged, making this one of the most attrac- 
tive of apothecary stores. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



F. E. LOVELL, Dealer in Choice Family 
Groceries, Meats, Provisions, Flour, Country Produce, 
Fruit, Confectionery, Canned Goods, etc., Corner 
Oxford and Wilmot Streets, Portland, Me. Goods de- 
livered in any part of the city. The establishment 
occupied by Mr. F. E. I.ovell is a spacious one, being 
2,000 square feet in dimensions, and the business is a 
large and steadily growing one, for this is an old-estab- 
lished enterprise, having been established a great many 
years ago by Mr. .John Ss . Marston, who was succeeded 
by Mr. Jas. Webster, and he by Mr. Joseph Grant. In 
1877 the business came into the possession of Mr. .T. T. 
Johnson, who gave place to the present proprietor in 
1879. Mr. Lovell is a native of Freeport, Me., and is 
well-known throughout Portland, where he is overseer 
of the poor. lie belongs to that class of business men 
that believe in personal supervision, and are not afraid 
to work hard to improve the efficiency of the service 
offered the public. The stock carried at this establish- 
ment is both large and varied, embracing as it does 
choice family groceries, meats, provisions, flour, coun- 
try produce, fruit, confectionery, canned goods, etc. 
While it is the aim of Mr. Lovell to supply the best ob- 
tainable goods in every department, particular pains are 
taken in the selection of the teas, coffees and spices 
oifered. That reliable goods are not incompatible with 
low prices is proved by the experience of those patron- 
izing this house, for while every article is guaranteed 
to prove as represented, the rates quoted will bear the 
severest examination and comparison. There are three 
experienced assistants employed, and polite and im- 
mediate attention is the rule to every caller. 

WHITE, the Tailor ; Ladies' and Gents" Gar- 
ments Cut, Made. Pressed and Repaired, Neatly and 
Promptly, at Keasonable Prices; No. 26G Middle street. 
Up One "Flight, Portland, Me. This is popularly sup- 
posed to be a free country, and certainly there is no law 
to prevent a man from paying fancy prices for clothing 
if he be disposed to ilo so, unless it is the law of common 
sense, and that, unfortunately, is very seldom enforced. 
But of course the most of those who do pay the extrava- 
gant prices demanded by some tailors do so because they 
think that satisfactorj' garments can be bought no 
cheaper elsewhere. There's where they make a big mis- 
take. Mr. I. White, better known perhaps as "White, 
the tailor," makes suits to order from $18.00 to 825.00; 
overcoats, from $18.00 to $2.').(iO, ami pants from $5.00 to 
$7.00, — and despite these low prices his garments are 
skilfully made from honest materials ; they look well, 
fit well and wear well, and are cut in accordance with the 
latest styles. We don't want j'ou to take our word for 
this, — ^,iust give Mr. White a call and see for yourself. 
You will save money by dealing with him, and you will 
get clothing that will satisfy you. Ladies' as well as 
gents' garments will be cut, made, pressed and repaired 
at moderate rates, and all orders left at No. 260 Middle 
street, up one flight, are assured prompt and painstaking 
attention. 

R. E. Mcpherson, Sign, card and Cariiajre 
Palntinfj, No. 21 Preble .Street, Portland, Mc. The 
expression " he don't know enough to make i>aint stick 
to a board'' is generally consiilerod as equivalent to 
calling a man a " natural born fool." but as a matter of 
fact, it is by no means the easiest thing in the world to 
make "paint stick to a board" under certain conditions, 
as many amateur |)ainters have found to their sorrow. It 
may stick for a while, but the weather soon scales and 
blisters it oil', and the surface is left in worse condition 
than ever. We believe it always pays to secure the ser- 
vices of a. competent painter when there is any painting 
to be done; first, because he knows how to do the work 
;inil j.; rc<i|,oii.iibli. fi)r its lieing properly done; and 



second, because in the long run the job costs no more 
than it would under any other circumstances, and in 
many cases not so much. Mr. R. E. McPherson has been 
engaged in the .sign, card and carriage painting business 
for several years, and certainly ought to know the 
business thoroughly in every detail. lie is a native of 
Canada, and opened his establishment in Portland in 
1800, and the work executed bj- him in this vicinity since 
that date has been well done. He uses selected stock, 
employs skilled and careful assistants, and spares no 
pains to fully maintain the high reputation he has 
already gained. Orders are given immediate and pains- 
taking attention, and the charges made are as low as is 
consistent with the use of honest materials, honestly 
applied. The latest designs in sign and card, as well as 
carriage painting, are executed in the best manner, land 
the work will prove as durable as it is handsome. 

THE TRAVELERS' INSURANCE CO. of 
Hartford, Conn.; S. Schwarzchikl, State Agent for Maine 
and Province of New Brunswick, for Life Dejiartment : 
H. Morey, Cashier; Casco Bank ISuilding. Portland, Me. 
The Travelers' Insurance Company is unquestionably the 
most widel}' known insurance corporation in the United 
States, for not only is it of long standing, but it has been 
so skilfully, so liberally and so persistently advertised 
that the legend " Moral : Insure in the Travelers " has 
probably been read at least once by 99 out of 100 of those 
who can read at all. The Travelers' is equally great as 
a life and as an accident company, each department being 
kept entirely separate from the other. The agency of the 
life department for Maine and the Province of New 
Brunswick is held by Mr. S. Schwarzchild, who has an 
office in this city in the Casco Bank building, and who 
will cheerfully give any desired information on applica- 
tion. We make no attempt to set forth the plan and 
workings of the company as the subject is far too vast 
and important to be considered within our necessarily 
limited space, but suflice it to ?ay tlu' Travelers' is in a 
position to ofler unsurpassed advaiitagi's to those seeking 
insurance, and no one can aftoni to neglect investigating 
the inducements extended by this representative com- 
pany. 



E. SWASEY & CO., Manufacturers, Import- 
ers and Wholesale Dealers in Crockery, Glass Ware, 
Earthen, Rockingham, and Stone Ware, 273 Commer- 
cial St., Portland, Maine. The business conducted by 
Messrs. E. Swasey & Co.. was founded more than a 
score of years ago and was originally carried on by the 
Portland Pottery works, they being succeeded by 
Messrs. Swasey & Lamson and th ey by the present 
firm, which was formed in 1890 and is constituted of 
Messrs. E. Swasey, F. I>. Swasev, and George A. 
Young, all of whom are natives of Exeter, N. H. The 
concern are manufacturers and importers of and whole- 
sale dealers in Crockery, Glass ^\■a^e, Earthen, Rocking- 
ham and .Stone Ware, and carry one of the largest and 
most complete stocks to be fouud in New England, it 
including the latest and most artistic novelties and 
many goods tlie sale of which in this section is exclu- 
sively controlled by Messers. E. Swasey & Co. The 
premises mtide use of comprise 4 floors, each of which 
measures about 25x70 feet, and are located at .No. 2T.'i 
Commercial st. Customers are found throughout Main 
and adjoining .States and the trade is not only large in 
amount but very desirable iu character, many leading 
retailers being su|)plied as some of the specialties of this 
house appeal to the most cultivated taste. The lowest 
market rates are quoted in every de|>artmeiit of the 
business, and as employment Is given to from 5 to 8 
assistants and careful supervision is practiced, delays or 
mistakes in the filling of orders are of very rare occur- 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



C. H. LITTLEFIELD, Dealer in Groceries 
and Provisions, No. 183 Brackett street, Portland, Me. 
No man who has never been In the retail grocery and 
provision business can appreciate the immense amount of 
detail there is connected with it, for it is equalled by no 
other branch of trade in this respect, and presents so 
many difficulties that a grocery and provision store pro- 
viding a perfectly satisfactory service has never been 
found and never will be so long as human nature remains 
in its present condition. But some stores approach much 
closer to perfection than others, and so far as an earnest 
and intelligent effort to deal fairly and satisfactorily with 
all is concerned, the management of the one located at 
No. 183 Brackett street is worthy of high commendation, 
and we take pleasure in recommending this establish- 
ment to those appreciative of honest goods, honest prices 
and an accommodating policy. Mr. C. H. Littlefield, the 
proprietor, is a native of Wells, Maine, and has built up 
quite a large trade since beginning operations in 1890. 
He carries a varied and carefully chosen stock, caters 
especially to family trade, and employs sufficient 
assistance to enable him to fill orders promptly and 
accurately at all times. 

H. B. BROWN, Artist, 507^ Congress St., Port- 
laud. Without denj-ing that the true artist like the true 
poet must be born and cannot be made, it still remains a 
fact that the finest natural genius will be greatlj' hamper- 
ed in its development by lack of competent guiclance, and 
that even a comparatively small degree of talent may 
be so cultivated and directed as to gain for its possessor 
an honorable place in the world of art. Therefore it is 
obvious that one who contemplates taking up the art of 
painting as a profession or even as an avocation should 
strive to obtain the best possible instruction, and if the 
student proposes to devote his attention to landscape or 
to marine painting it would be difficult for him to find a 
more thoroughly competent, skilful, experienced and 
successful teacher than Mr. H. B. Brown, one of the 
best-kuown landscape and marine artists in Maine, or 
indeed in all New England. Mr. Brown's studio is at 
No. 5071 Congress St., where all necessary information 
concerning terms, etc., may be obtained on application. 
He also has a studio on Cushings Island during the 
Summer. He is prepared to execute commissions for 
painting without undue delay, and a varied and most 
attractive collection of landscapes and marines may 
always be seen at his studio. 

GUSHING & McKENNEY, Dealers in Ship 
and Naval Stores, Ship Chandlery, and Fishermen's Out- 
fits; Row Boats and Dories Constantly on Hand; No. IS 
Commercial Wharf, Portland, Me. It is fifty-five years 
since the business conducted by Messrs. Gushing & 
McKenney was founded, operations having been begun 
in 1830 by Mr. C. P. Ingraham. The present firm was 
organized in 1876, and is constituted of Messrs. F. H. 
Gushing, a native of Portland, and L. H. McKenney, a 
native of Gape Elizabeth. Mr. Gushing served in "the 
army during the Rebellion, and at one time was con- 
nected with the Portland City Council, and both he and 
Mr. Mclvenney are very generally known in social as 
well as in business circles throughout this section of the 
state. The firm are wholesale and retail dealers in ship 
and naval stores, ship chandlery, and fishermen's outfits, 
and carry a good assortment of row boats and dories 
constantly in stock. The premises made use of are 
located at No. 18 Commercial Wharf and comprise three 
floors measuring 30 x 60 feet, besides two commodious 
storehouses. Every article bought of this concern is 
guaranteed to prove just as represented; the largest 
orders can be filled without delay, and bottom prices are 
quoted on all the commodities dealt in, so it is not sur- 
prising that an extensive business should be done 
throughout the year. 



BURLEIGH CLOTHING CO., No. 184 Mid- 
dle Street, Clothing and Furnishing Goods for Men, 
Boys and Children, Portland, Me. Every Intelligent 
person knows that it is not the business firm or com- 
pany which make the most extravagant claims, that 
may be depended upon to afford the best possible service, 
and those familiar with the policy pursued by the Bur- 
leigh Clothing Co., need not be told that they pay more 
attention to performance than promise. A large care- 
fully selected stock of desirable new goods is carried, 
and the experience of the managers and their long 
established relations with producers and wholesale deal- 
ers enables them to procure the latest and most desir- 
able articles on favorable terms and to ofter such to 
their customers at the lowest market rates. Two ex- 
perienced assistants are employed and all orders are 
promptly filled and delivered, while every caller is 
assured polite and immediate service. The premises in 
use are located at No. 184 Middle St., and are of the 
dimension? of 50x2.5 feet. The stock carried comprises 
Men's, Boy's and Children's Clothing and Furnishing 
Goods of every kind, and is guaranteed in every par- 
ticular. 

J. W. TREFETHEN, Wholesale Dealer in 
Fresh and Pickled Fish of all Kinds. End Commercial 
Wharf, Portland, Me The enterprise conducted by 
Mr. J. W. Trefethen has for many years held a leading 
position among similar undertakings in this city, for it 
was inaugurated in 1872 by Messrs. Trefethen & Dellou, 
in 1873 the firm's name was changed to Trefethen & Sim- 
mons, and in 1875 the present proprietor assumed full con- 
trol. This gentleman is a native of Monhegan,Me., and is 
widely known in Portland. Fie utilizes premises located 
at the end of Commercial Wharf, which comprise two 
floors, each of the dimensions of 40 x 180 feet. Fresh 
and pickled flsh of all kinds is dealt in, and lobsters, 
clams and oysters are also largely handled, a specialty 
being made of the lobster trade. A very large business 
is done, and an ample supply is constantly on hand, and 
the commodities mentioned will be furnished in any 
desired quantities at wholesale. From 5 to 8 competent 
assistants are employed, and ail orders are promptly 
filled, and the lowest market rates are quoted on all 
goods, the same being guaranteed to prove strictly as 
represented. 

J. & J. FOWLER, Sail Makers and Manu- 
facturers of Tents and Awnings, Nos. 1 and 7 Commer- 
cial Wharf, Portland, Me. The sail-makers of New 
England, taken as a whole, are unquestionably the best 
in the United States, and this is not surprising con- 
sidering that New England has always led all other 
sections of the country in the building, manning, and 
sailing of ships. Nowadays, when steam has largely 
taken the place of sails, and a ship of war is rigged to 
look more like a coal barge than any other craft, a full- 
rigged ship is a comparative rarity, but there is still 
work for the sail maker, for the fleet of coasting 
schooners has reached large proportions, and some of 
those vessels can spread canvas enough to hide a good- 
sized church, steeple, and all. Among New England 
sail makers the firm of J. & J. Fowler have for many 
years held a leading position, for the policy of this con- 
cern* has ever been to produce " superior work in all 
branches of sail making at the lowest possible charge 
consistent with good workmanship," and they have 
practiced that policy for nearly 40 years. The partners, 
Messrs. Joseph F. and John E'. Fowler, are both natives 
of Portland, and are almost universally known here. 
Tents, awnings, canvas covers, etc., will be made to 
order in first-class style, and the premises at Nos. 1 and 
7 Commercial Wharf are so spacious and well-equipped, 
and so large a force of assistants are employed that most 
extensive commissions can be executed at short notice. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



TH0:MAS KANE, Plants and Cut Flowers, 
rear of G!i8 Congress St., Portland, Me. In this New 
England I'limate of ours, no small degree of experience, 
skill and patience is necessary in order to produce flow- 
ers at all times of the year, and even these qualities are 
of no avail unless they are backed by capital and aided 
by ample facilities in the way of greenhouses, heating 
apparatus, hot beds, etc. We" speak of nature as being 
" forced" to bring forth flowers in Mid-winter, and 
being -'forced'" to accomplish other apparently unnat- 
ural results, but, as a fact, nature is not " forced •' to 
do anything. By a careful study of plants and their 
growth, our florists have become familiar with the con- 
ditions necessary to produce certain flowers, etc., and 
when these conditions are supplied (cither naturally or 
artificially) the result is, the growing of such flowers. 
The success attained is chiefly de]<endent upon the skill 
of the operator, and as experience is one of the principal 
aids iu the attainment of skill, it is but natural that Mr. 
Thomas Kane of Portland should rank with the most 
successful florists in the city. The enterprise now car- 
ried on by him was started in 1876, and is located rear 
of No. G9S Congress St. He is well known thoroughout 
this vicinity, and deals extensively in Plants and Cut 
Flowers of all kinds. He is prepared to furnish artistic 
floral designs at short notice, and although his produc- 
tions arc equal if not superior to any in this vicinity, his 
prices are very reasonable. Orders by mail or otherwise 
delivered will receive immediate and careful attention. 

JOHN CHISHOLM, Cigars, Tobacco, Fruit, 
Candies, Periodicals, Daily, Weekly and .'Sunday Papers. 
Card and Job Printing Done to Order. Corner Congress 
and Lafayette Streets. This enterprise, though not 
necessarily occupying very extensive premises, is one 
that interests about as many residents of this neighbor- 
hood as any other which is within its limits. It was 
conducted after some changes from its first start by Mr. 
Gillpatrick, who was succeeded in lSS;i by Mr. Henry 
Wade. The present proprietor, Mr. John Chisholm, has 
had control of the business since ISS.i. His stock con- 
sists of cigars, tobacco, candies, fruit, periodicals, daily, 
weekly and Sunday papers. He also during the summer 
season furnishes ice cream and ice cream soda, as well 
as the various flavored soda. It is perfectly safe to say 
that this is a familiar place to a very large number, who 
are dail v patrons, and to whom it is a great convenience to 
have just such a place where one can run in and be sure 
of finding fresh fruit and candies, or a good cigar or 
tobacco if their own supply has given out, and then the 
papers, how convenient to be able to buy them here. 
Mr. Chrisholni is also prepared to take orders for card 
or Job printing. 

JOHN D. KEEFE, Druggist, 13 Ti-mple St., 
Portland, Me. There is no kind of business more de- 
pendent upon its worth and usefulness than a retail 
pharmacy. We therefore take pleasure in calling the 
attention of our readers to the establishment conducted 
by Mr. John D. Keefe at No. 13 Temple St., for here 
nothing is left to chance, but everj' department of the 
business is carefully and intelligently su])ervised and 
the result is a service on which absolute dependence 
may safely be placed. Mr. Keefe is a nativ(; of Poftland 
and lias been identified with his present enterprise since 
ISitO. He was formerly in business on Middle St., and a 
member of the firm of J. I). Keefe & Co. His present 
store is about 40x2.") feel in dimensions. A complete 
stock of drugs, medicines and chemicals, as well as a 
cliolce assortment of fancy novelties and stationery is 
constantly carried, and two compctant assistants are 
employed. Prescriptions are compounded at short 
notice in a painstaking manner and the charges made will 
be found to be uniformly moderate. Mr. Keefe has 



built up a thriving business, and he certainly deserves 
the success he has worked so hard to attain. 

C. C. COUSEXS & CO., Dealers in Fancy 
Groceries. Provisions and Flour, Tea, Coffee, Spices and 
Choice Table Delicacies, Corner Congress and Atlantic 
Streets, Munjoy Hill, Portland, Me. The secret of 
success is much the same, no matter what business may 
be engaged in. If you can furnish customers with re- 
liable goods, you need have no fear but that a satisfac- 
tory trade will soon be built up. Such has been the ex- 
'perience of Messrs. C. C. Cousens & Co., who are 
engaged in the grocery and provision trade at the corner 
of Congress and Atlantic Streets. Since they became 
identified with the management of this establishment in 
1S88, their eft'orts to extend operations have met with 
unquestionable success. The individual members of this 
firm are Mr. C. C. and Mr. John Cousens, both of whom 
are natives of Portland. They are thoroughly acquaint- 
ed with the wants of family trade and have shown both 
intelligence and liberality in catering to the same. The 
store occupied covers an area of 1,2.50 square feet, and is 
only sufficiently spacious to accommodate the large and 
varied stock handled. The trade is principally retail in 
character, and all tastes and all purses maj' be accom- 
modated at this store, for the prices are in every in- 
stance in accord with the lowest market rates. The 
choicest goods are handled, and include fancy groceries, 
provisions, meats and flour, as well as tea. coffee, spices 
and choice table delicacies. Orders will be attended to 
immediately and carefully, and accurately delivered to 
any address. Messrs. C. C. and John Cousins are both 
widely known in Portland and vicinity, and Mr. John 
Cousens is connected with the city government as 
councilman, and was for 27 years connected with the 
Fire Department of the city as steam engineer, but re- 
signed in 1800; and now devotes his whole time to the 
firm's business. His son and partner, Mr. 0. C. Cousens, 
has had some twelve years experience in the grocery 
trade in both wholesale and retail, and the firm now 
have a rapidly growing trade. 

INGALLS Ki;()TlIi:i;S, Importors of Foreign 
Ales and Porter, Bottlers of .\les, Porters, Lager Heer, 
Champagne Cider, Manufacturers of Mineral and Soda 
Water, Proprietors of Ginger Ale and Sarsaparilla Beer, 
Proprietors of the Moxie Nerve Food, No. 17 Preble St,, 
Portland, Maine, — The bottling works of Messrs, lugalls 
Hrothers have been well known in Portland for more 
than a quarter of a century. The enterprise was estab- 
lished iu lS(i4 by 15, Ingalls, who after carrying iu on 
alone for a number of years associated himself with his 
brother, P, P. Ingalls, The business is entirely whole- 
sale, and it has now reached so great dimensions that 
from fifteen to twenty-five employees are needed to fill 
the orders. It is well known that no more refreshing or 
sustaining beverage can be found than Alica Beer, guar- 
anteed to be less than one per cent, alcohol, large quan- 
tities of which are consumed in this country. The Mes- 
srs Ingalls make a specialty of bottling this Alica beer 
and also thiit delicious and harndcss drink. Champagne 
Cider, They also manufacture mineral and soda water, 
ginger ale, sarsai)arilla and root beer. In addition to 
this they are the proprietors of the celebrated Moxie 
Nerve Food, which is known and sold throughout the 
country, and lias proved so efficacious in stimulating and 
strengthening over-worked and tired nerves. They 
make a specialty of furnishing soda tanks already 
charged, and also recharging the same. The bottling 
works are located at No. 17 Preble street and consist 
of a tliree-story building of 3i")xl."i0 feet In dimensions. 
Tills establislHuent enjoys a flrst-class rei)utation and tlie 
])roprietors have always maintained the most favorable 
relations with the trade. The Messrs, Ingalls are both 
natives of Shelburne, N. H. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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S. MASON, Carriage and Sleigh Eepairing, 
General Job Work. Carriages and Sleighs bnilt to or- 
der. No. 71 Portland St., Portland, Me. Light single 
or double Carriages and Sleighs are the best examples 
of mechanical ingenuity and skill we know of, for there 
is not a pound of waste material about them, and yet 
they are capable cf withstanding shocks and strains that 
one would think sufficient to ruin much more solidly 
made vehicles. But the secret of their surprising 
strength is in their design, for this is so arranged that 
every ounce of material is used to the best advantage, 
and the consequence is a combined rigidity and elasticity 
which make riding in such vehicles one of "the pleasautest 
experiences imaginable. Of course, however, material 
and workmanship must be first-class, and it is the care 
taken in providing for these essentials, that has made 
the Carriages and Sleighs produced by Mr. S. Mason, 
the favorites they unquestionably are. Mr. Mason is a 
native of Yarmouth, Me., and inaugurated the enter- 
prise now conducted by him thirty years ago. He by 
uo means confines himself to the Manufacture of Car- 
riages aud Sleighs but is extensively engaged in repair- 
ing all kinds of vehicles, and doing general Job Work, 
quoting the very lowest cash prices on all goods handled, 
and for jobbing also. The premises occupied are located 
at No. 71 Portland St., where all orders can be filled at 
remarkably short notice, when haste is required, and no 
pains is spared to render perfect satisfaction to every 
patron. 




E. S. LIBBY, Livery, Boarding and Baiting 
Stable. No. 336 Cumberland St., Portland, Me. Tel- 
ephone number, 456. No one has ever succeeded in 
defining the limit where reasonable expenditure ends 
and extravagance begins, nor will this ever be done for 
" circumstances alter cases," so naturally tliat what is 
extravagant at one time may be quite reasonable at 
another, aud in this connection we may appropriately 
say a few words concerning the "extravagance'' of 
paying out money for horse hire. Not a few people 
whose income is comparativel.y limited would no more 
think of hiring a team, and taking a drive, than they 
would of chartering a special steamer, when they have 
occasion to take a ride on the water, and yet many of 
these same people spend enough on doctor's bills and 
medicines in the course of a year to defray the cost of a 
good deal of driving. " What has that got to do with 
it," does some one ask? Why, simply this, put the 
money spent on medicines, etc., into carriage hire, using 
discretion of course concerning the weather and other 
attending conditions, and in the majority of cases the 
Drs.' bills would be avoided and a great deal of enjoy- 
ment would be gained. It does not cost a very large 
sum to hire a first-class team for a half day or a day, 
that is, provided the right kind of a stable is patronized 
and right here we might say that those conducted by 
Mr. E. S. Libby at Nos. 336 Cumberland St., and 122 



Centre St., have no superiors in this city. There are 
twenty-five stalls in each stable, and fine horses and 
hacks, coupes and carriages of every discription can be 
furnished by Mr. Libby at the most reasonable rates. 
Mr. Libby does an extensive business in this line, and 
he also takes horses to board and guarantees them care- 
ful attention. He employs 7 assistants, and is prepared 
to fill all orders promptly, whether received in person 
or by telephone 4.56. Mr. Libby has been in his present 
business since 1SS4. 



J. E. HODGES, Dealer in Meats of all kind.s, 
Beef, Veal, Mutton, Poultry, Haras, Fresh and Salt 
Pork, Sausages, Lard, Bologna, Pressed Ham, etc. No. 
11 Silver St. Market, Portland, Me. Pigs' feet a specialty. 
Notwithstanding the large number of Meat Markets to 
be found in Portland, there are none too many of them 
where strictly dependable goods are sold at fair rates, 
for it is notorious that at some establishments of this 
kind, it is practically impossible to obtain first-class 
meats at any price. There is an extensive and con- 
stantly increasing demand for the better grades of 
meats and we can give no better advice to such of our 
readers as may need anything in this line than to call at 
the market conducted by Mr. J. E. Hodges, No. 11 Silver 
St. Market, who begun operations here in his present 
line in 1886. Mr. Hodges is thoroughly acquainted with 
his business in every detail and gives personal attention 
to it. The premises cover an area of 1000 square feet, 
and the stock on hand comprises Beef, Veal, Mutton, 
Poultry, Hams, Fresh and Salt Pork, Sausages, Lard, 
Bologna, Pressed Ham, Pigs' feet, etc., and whether 
you want a choice cut or a piece for soup stock you can 
buj' it here to the best possible advantage, for Mr. 
Hodges caters to all classes of trade, and quotes bottom 
prices on all the goods he handles. Employment is 
given to only competent assistants, who are courteous 
and attentive to customers at all times, while particular 
attention is given to the filling of orders by the pro- 
prietor himself. 

EENEST E. CROSS, Druggist and Apothe- 
cary, corner Exchange and Fore Sts., Portland, Me. 
To carry on an Apothecary store in the way which 
is demanded by the present state of popular sen- 
timent, is by no means so easy a task as many of our 
readers are probably disposed to believe, for we have 
noticed that the average man has but an imperfect con- 
ception of the true scope of an apothecary's duties. To 
discharge them in a proper manner, one must have a 
technical education as well as business ability and train- 
ing, and there is hardly a branch of trade necessitating 
such close and arduous attention and confinement. For- 
tunately we have many gentlemen in this State capable 
of carrying on an establishment of this kind in a first 
class style, and among them it is but just to call par- 
ticular atteution to the peculiar fitness for this business 
of Mr. Ernest E. Cross. His premises are 30x60 feet in 
dimensions, and contain a varied and skilfully selected 
stock, including drugs, medicines, chemicals, fancy and 
toilet articles, tooth and hair brushes, sponges, in fact 
everything usually to be found in a first class drug 
store. Particular attention is paid to the putting up of 
Physician's prescriptions, every facilitj' being at hand 
to ensure their being filled in a prompt and careful man- 
ner. Employment is given to two faitliful and compe- 
tent assistants that all orders may be filled at the shortest 
possible notice. Mr. Cross, who is a native of Water- 
ford, Me., started this business on Middle St., in 1887. 
He moved to his present location at the corner of 
Exchange and Fore Sts., in October 1890. His business 
is wholly retail and is conducted in an honorable and 
methodical m»nner which must gain for him the con- 
fidence of this community. 



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DEPARTMENT. 



DEAN BROS JQ 



MEM'S— ^ 

DEPARTMENT. 




DEAX BEOTHER8, Dealers iu Boots and 
Shoes, 45:^ and 455 Congress Street, Portland, Me. — The 
firm of D-an Brothers was established about eight years 
ago by A. F. and B. W. Dean, and is one of the largest 
stores of its kind iu the .State. Since the death of B. VV. 
Dean which occurred in November, 1889, A. F. Dean has 
had control of the business but has conducted it under 
the same firm name as is shown in the above. The store 
is one that has separate departments for ladies' and gen- 
tlemen, a feature which is highly appreciated by the 
trade. At Dean Brothers you can always find a stock of 
fine French and American boots, shoes and slippers 
which is remarkable for its completeness no less than 
for its magnitude, for it comprises full lines of footwear 
for ladies' gentlemen, misses, youths and children; mak- 
ing this a "family shoe store" in the true sense of that 
much abused term. The very latest fashionable novel- 
ties are always on hand to choose from, nor are standard 
styles neglected, the assortment being complete in every 
department. The employment of five assistants ensures 
prompt attention to every caller, and while the goods are 
fully warranted to prove as represented the prices are 
invariably in strict accordance with the lowest market 
rates. 

N. M. PERKINS & CO. Dealers in Hardware, 
Agricultural Tools and Mill Supplies, also Agents for 
Oriental Powder Mills and No. Wayne Tool Co., No. 2. 
Free Street Block, Portland, Me. — The enterprise car- 
ried on by Messrs. I'crkins & Co., has been familiar to 
the public of this section for more than a quarter of a 
century, and for this reason, as well as for the promi- 
nent position it holds among mercantile houses in this 
city. It deserves specially prominent mention in this 
publication. It was founded iu 18G5 by Mr. N. M. Per- 
kins of Chelsea, Mass. — and has been carried on uninter- 
uptedly ever since. The premises occupied are situated 
at No. 2. Free Street Block, and comprise one door and 
two basements, each of which are 30.>cl00 feet in dimen- 
sions. Business both wholesale and retail is done on a 
arge scale, the stock ou hand being exceptionally com- 



plete in every depart- 
ment. It inoluiles 
hardware and cutlery 
of all kinds, agricul- 
tural tools and mill sup- 
plies of the very best 
and latest designs. The 
company are agents 
for the Oriental Powder 
Mills and the North 
Wayne Tool Company, 
witii both of which en- 
terprises they enjoy the 
most satisfactory rela- 
tions. Orders large or 
small are accurately 
and satisfactorily filled 
at short notice, and we 
do not hesitate to say 
that no house iu the 
State, engaged in a 
similar line of business 
enjoys greater facili- 
ties for meeting any de- 
maud that may be 
made upon it. From 
eight to ten assistants 
are employed, and 
every caller is assured 
prompt and courteous 
attention. AH goods 
in stock are guaranteed 
to be precisely as rep- 
resented, and they are 
oflered at the low-est market rates. 

A. D. BEIGGS, Tailor, IS Portland Street, 
Portland, Me. — To many people a suit of clothes is a 
suit of clothes, and that is all there is in it. They ap- 
parently believe that if a certain quantity of material is 
used, it makes no difference how it is put togetlier, so 
long as it takes the shape of a suit, and hence are easily 
imposed upon by such dealers as are disposed to work 
ofl their goods, more by their appearance when new 
than by their real merits. It may be taken as an axiom 
that the -35 spent for superior workmanship and trim- 
mings are invested to better advantage than any other 
purchase. It would be well to bear this in mind while 
ordering your clothing made. Mr. Briggs commenced 
business in 1890, he is a native of Massachusetts. A man 
of honorable business methods, integrity and a deter- 
mination to give value for value, are tTie features deserv- 
ing of success. There are few men more justly entitled 
to prosperity than the proprietor of the house" in ques- 
tion. He devotes all his attention to Iiis business, and 
spares no pains to satisfy customers if such a thing be 
possible. Repairing and cleaning of all kinds are 
promptly and neath' attended to, the rates quoted for 
such work will be found to be reasonable in the extreme. 

BEXJ. A. NORTON, Painter and Paper 
Hanger, Painting and l^iper Hanging executed iu all 
styles and varieties with promptness and dispatch. Pe- 
fers by pern)ission to Messrs. H. .T. Bailey i^ Co. Cor- 
ner Market and Newbury Streets, Pcsidence G6 Elm St., 
I'ortland, Me. — New Engl.md weather is about as de- 
structive as anything of the kind can be, and the protec- 
tion aflbrili'd to wood work by a couple of good coats of 
paint is enough to justify the expense of it, leaving the 
question of appearauces entirely aside. It requires good 
stock and skilful application to ensure the best results, 
and both of these may be provided for by placing your 
orders with Mr. Norton, for this gentleman makes a 
specialty of house painting and paper banging, he does 
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sufficient number of assistants are employed to enable 
Immediate and satisfactory attention to be given to every 
order, and there is no reason to doubt that the high rep- 
utation gained in the past, will be maintained In the 
future. Large or small orders are given equal consider- 
ation, and estimates will be cheerfully aud carefully 
made on application. The premises occupied are located 
at 2S7 Newbury street. Mr. Xorton has conducted this 
business for about fifteen years and can refer to many 
specimens of labor in this city. He is a native of Maine, 
and served in the army during the late Rebellion. 




INTEKNATIOXAL STEAMSHIP CO., J. B. 
Coyle, President and Manager, Portland ; E. A. Waldron, 
General Freight and Passenger Agent, Boston, Mass. ; 
H. P. C. Ilersey, Portland Agent. — Those who have 
never made the trip from Boston to Eastport, Me., or St. 
John, N. B., on one of the steamers of the International 
Steamship Co., have missed as delightful a voyage as 
this country can afford, and that Is saying a good deal, 
for America leads the world in the variety and beauty of 
her steamboat trips on river, lake and coast, and Amer- 
ican river and coasting steamboats are unequalled for 
comfort, beauty, speed and staunchness. The boats of 
the International fleet are worthy representatives of 
their class, and although heavier and more sea-worthy 
than those designed to navigate more sheltered waters 
they are swift as well as staunch and a trip on them is 
very enjoyable even to those who are always in a hurry 
to "get there" no matter how much time they have to 
spare. The fleet is made up of the Cumberland, 1600 
tons burden and licensed to carry 550 passengers, the 
State of Maine, 1500 tons burden and licensed to carry 
500 passengers, and the New Brunswick, 1000 tons 
burden and licensed to carry 350 passengers. These 
boats run the year round starting at Boston, calling at 
Portland and Eastport and making a terminus at St. 
John, N. B. The number of trips each week vary ac- 
cording to the season of the year. In winter only one or 
two trips per week are made, in fall and spring three trips 
and it is the intention of the company the coming summer 
to make six trips per week, four direct from Boston 
and two by wa^' of rail from Boston and connecting at 
Portland with the steamer there. At Eastport connec- 
tions are made for Calais, Me., via St. Croix river also 
the beautiful summer resorts, St. Andrews, Campobello 
and Grand Menan. At St. John the steamers connect 
with the Intercolonial railwaj' for all provincial points 
also the Canadian Pacific railwaj- for Frederickton, N. 
B., and the Union line of steamers on the St. John river 
to Frederickton. Connection is also made with the fine 
steamer City of Montleello plying between St. John, 
Digby and Annapolis. The trip by steamer up the St. 
John river and that by the "Montleello across" the Bay 
of Fundy are among the most delightful water trips in 
the east. The boats are thoroughly well equipped, well 
officered and well manned and hence afford a perfectly 



safe as well as an exceptionally pleasant means of trans- 
portation. The company handle an immense amount of 
freight and the direct and indirect benefits derived from 
the line by Portland business men can scarcely be over- 
estimated. Mr. J. B. Coyle is president and general 
manager of the company, Mr. H. J. Libby is secretary 
and treasurer, with headquarters at Portland, and Mr. 
E. A. Waldron general freight and passenger agent with 
headquarters at Boston. 

XEW YORK CLOTHING STORE, Gent's 

Furnishing Goods, Fixing, Cleaning, Buying and Selling, 
Lewie Wasserman, No. 12S Middle Street, and 459 Fore 
Street, Portland, Me.— It is not especially difficult even 
for a stranger to guess why the establishment popularly 
known as the New York Clothing Store should be the 
great favorite that it unquestionably is with the people, 
for it needs but a single visit to it to convince any fair- 
minded and unprejudiced person, that the interests of 
those patronizing it are perfectly secure, so long as it 
lemains under its present management. These are no 
more words but a sober statement of facts, and evidence 
f > corroborate it may be obtained of almost any reput- 
ible citizen of Portland. The business now conducted 
under the name of the New York Clothing Store, was 
founded by Mr. Lewie Wasserman in 1888. He is a na- 
tive of P>ussia, Poland. The premises utilized are loca- 
ted at No. 128 Middle street, and 4.59 Fore street, where a 
full and varied assortment is constantly carried of ready- 
made clothing, together with complete lines of gents' 
furnishings, etc., and no one wanting clothing for pres- 
ent or future use will regret dropping in aud ascertain- 
ing what Mr. Wasserman has to ofter. He considers it 
no trouble to show goods, and the employment of cap- 
able assistants enables all customers to be served prompt- 
ly and courteously, as well as at low prices. Mr. Was- 
serman could never have attained his present business 
standing without earnest work and strict adherence to 
all promises made. 

W. H. ROBERTS, Rear of 653 Congress St., 
Portland, Me., House Painting, Paper Hanging, Decor- 
ating. — It seems wonderful to those who have no special 
taste in that line to see the changing and attractive 
effects which may be obtained by the judicious use of 
paints and paper hangings, and other home decorations, 
for by skilful managemeut of such accessories, small 
rooms may be made to look larger, dark ones lighter, 
and unduly large apartments cosy and comfortable. Of 
course in order to do this the means as well as the skill 
must be provided, and In this connection it is natural to 
call attention to Mr. W. H. Roberts, whose establish- 
ment is located rear of 65.3 Congress street. This gen- 
tleman possesses every facility for the doing of house- 
painting, paper-hanging and decorating, as well as stain- 
ing, graining and polishing in the most approved style 
at short notice and at very moderate rates. A force of 
sixteen skilled and reliable workmen is constantly em- 
ployed, and every order is guaranteed immediate and 
courteous attention, the work being done in a thorough- 
ly satisfactory manner and with carefully selected and 
reliable materials. This establishment is probably one 
of the oldest of its kind in Portland, having been found- 
ed over a half century ago. It was originally estab- 
lished by Mr. T. A. Roberts in 1837, the firm of Roberts 
& Black being formed iu 1842, and from 1861 to 1863 the 
business was conducted bv Mr. W. H. Roberts, alone. 
In 1863 the firm of T. A. & W. H. Roberts was formed, 
and so conducted until 1888, when the present proprie- 
tor, Mr. W. H. Roberts assumed entire control of the 
business. He is a native of Portland, and thoroughly 
conversant in all the many details of his business, there- 
fore we commend him to the favorable attention of all 
wishing anything done in this line of house-painting, 
paper-hanging and decorating. 



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L. A. WATERHOUSE. Dealer iu Fashion- 
able Millinery and Straw Goods, also a fine line 
of Hair Goods, 545 Cougress Street, Portland, Me. 
— The business carried on by Mrs. L. A. Water- 
house at Xo. 545 Congress street, was founded by 
her in 18G5. and it is universally eonceded to be one of 
the finest of its kind in Portland. Mrs. Waterbouse is a 
native of Elliott, Me., and is a thorough business lady, 
and conversant with her particular line in all its many 
details. The premises utilized — are about .50x20 feet in 
size and contain a fine stock which comprises millinery 
in great variety, including trimmed and untrimiued hats 
and bonnets, and straw goods of every description — in 
connection with which a fine line of hair goods is con- 
stantly carried. From two to ten experienced assistants 
are eniploj'ed who are skilled in their business— special 
attention is given to order work, which can be executed 
at very short notice when the occasion demands. 
Every article in stock is obtained from the most reliable 
sources and is therefore dependable in quality — and the 
prices quoted on all goods oft'ered and work executed 
are as low as the lowest. 

J. FRANK HOVEY, Carriage and Sign 
Painter, 71 and 73 Portland Street, Xear Parris, Port- 
land, Me. — More than one carriage owner has learned to 
his sorrow that it is important to close contracts only 
with reliable, and responsible concerns, if one is to feel 
sure of such agreements being carried out to the letter, 
and as not a few complaints have come toourears respect- 
ing the manner in which certain firms violate the under- 
standings they may reach with their patrons as regards 
the doing of fine carriage and sign painting, etc. We 
take this opportunity to call attention to a long estab- 
lished and entirely reliable house engaged in fine car- 
riage and sign painting, for we are perfectly sure that 
all orders the gentleman referred to may be entrusted 
with, will be carried out in the same uniformly satisfac- 
tory manner, that has characterized his efl'orts in the 
past. Mr. .T. Frank Hovey, has been identified with his 
present business since 1868. He has built up his present 
large business by patient industry and ecjuitable busi- 
ness methods. He was born in Quincy, Mass., and is 
now one of the best known in his line of industry in 
Portland. The premises occupied are located at Nos. 71 
and 7.'i Portland street, and cover an area of about "2000 
square feet, where employment is given to only experi- 
enced and thoroughly conscientious workmen. Using 
the finest stock and employing the best skill. Mr. Hovey 
can confidently guarantee satisfaction, and his prices are 
as reasonable as his work is acceptable. 



LESTER A. MERCIER, Dealer in Fancy 
Groceries and Provisions, 22 North St., Portland, Me. 
Telephone 301. Mr. Lester .\. Mercier has had con- 
siderable experience in his present line of business. He 
began catering to the public by cart iu 1885 and in 1889 
he opened his present store at No. 22 North St., which 
is 60x22 feet in dimensions and verj' well fitted up. 
Among the various articles dealt in here may be men- 
tioned all kinds of Meats and Vegetables and Fancy 
Groceries. Most of us are rather particular about what 
we eat therefore it is no wonder Mr. Mercicr's store is 
steadily gaining iu popularity, for the articles there 
furnished are carefully selected and are bound to be sat- 
isfactory to the most fastidious, and all goods handled 
are guaranteed to jirove exactly as represented in every 
particular and Mr. Mercier's prices will be found to be 
uniformly satisfactory for although he does not cl.aim 
to sell " below cost '" he does claim do give patrons the 
worth of their money, and surely no reasonable man 
should expect more than that. Five assistants are con- 
stantly employed and three wagons are kept on the 
road, so all customers are sure of being promptly served 
and also sure of having their goods delivered when 
promised. All orders received by telephone 301 will 
receive immediate attention. 

E. S. NORTON & CO.. Dealers in Boots. 
Shoes and Rubbers, the "Weymouth" .Shoes a Specialty, 
317 Congress St., Portland, Maine. Among those bits 
of miscellaneous information which are sure to "'come 
in handy" to everybody at one time or another, the 
whereabouts of a well managed retail boot and shoe 
store may be classed. We all wear boots and shoes, and 
we all are pleased to learn where we can purchase them 
of good quality at low market rates. It is for this 
reason that we mention the store that is now managed 
by Mr. E. S. Norton & Co., for he not only quotes low 
prices but offers as fine a stoi-k of goods in this line to 
choose from as one could wish to find. This enterprise 
was started in 1876 by Mr. G. W. Davee. who was suc- 
ceeded in 1879 by Mr. E. S. Norton. The present firm 
of E. S. Norton A- Co. was formed in 1SS9, hut, although 
the name has not been changed, Mr. Greely Sturdivant, 
who was the Co., retired in 1890. The premises occu- 
pied are 25x00 feet in dimensions. Mr. Norton has had 
sufficient experience in his business to be thoroughly 
conversant with every detail. The stock on hand com- 
prises boots, shoes and rubbers of every description. A 
specialty is made of the "Weymouth" shoes. These 
goods are warranted to prove as they are represented, 
and customers are promptly and politely waited upon. 



A. H. FREEMAN, Trucking, Jol.l)ing of all 
Kinds, !t Central Street, Portland, Me. It is sometimes 
a puzzling question to decide why one man will succeed 
in an enterprise, while others, apparently having equal 
if not better (ipportuiiities, will fail, but it does not re- 
(juire very profnuuil calculation to explain why Mr. A. 
H. Freeman should have built up so extensive a business 
since he started iu 1877, for no one can have dealings 
with him without being impressed by his evident desire 
to thoroughly satisfy every customer. Mr. Freeman is 
a native of Poland. Maine, and is well known here both 
in social and business circles. He gives close personal 
attention to his business and spares no time or pains to 
maintain the high reputation he has gained. He is pre- 
pared to do trucking and Jobbing of all kinds at short 
notice and at the more-reasoiuible rates, and all orders 
left at his oflBce, No. 9 Central street, or sent by tele- 
phone. No. 122, will receive prompt and accurate atten- 
tion, as from four to six assistants are employed by Mr. 
Freeman. He also does an extensive business in for- 
warding freights of all kinds. A specialty is made of 
shipping apples for English steamers. 



GEO. W. BAILEY, Carriage Trimmer, No. 
57 Portland St., Portland, Me. Repairing a Specialty. 
Even the best made carriage or wagon is apt to break 
down sometime, or to require repairing in one part or 
another, and as many of the vehicles in use are by no 
means made so well as they might be, it follows that 
the carriage trimming and repairing industry is a very 
extensive one. Many carriage owners find considerable 
dirticulty in having repairing done to suit them, and 
therefore we take especial pleasure in calling attention 
to the establishment conducted by .Mr. Geo. W. Bailey, 
at No. 57 Portland St., for the work done here is strictly 
first-class, and .'i specialty is made of carriage repairing, 
such vehicles being repaired and trimmed at short no- 
tice and in a thoroughly workmanlike manner. Mr. 
Bailey was born in this city, and has had an extended 
experience in his present line of business. He began 
operations in Portland in 1889, and has every facility at 
hand to enable work to be done economically as well as 
quickly, and .Mr. IJalley Is therefore prepared to guar- 
antei' satisfaction both" as regards the character of the 
results attained and the charges made. 



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MRS. E. I. HEATH, 514 Congress Street, 
Portland,, Me. French Millinery.— Even the finest ap- 
pointed and most generally known millinery establish- 
ments are frequently complained of for undue delay in 
the delivery of orders, and it would almost seem as 
though there must be something peculiar about the bus- 
iness that rendered it impossible to turn out orders at 
the time promised. Undoubtedly this is true to a certain 
extent — that is, there is more detail to be looked after in 
this business than in almost any other — but 
that proper management will do much to assure 
reliabilty in this, as in all branches of trade, the 
experience of those who have had dealings with 
Mrs. E. I. Heath, amply proves. This lady is a 
native of Gorham, Me., and has carried on her present 
establishment since 1886. She is a dealer in fine French 
millinery, and does millinery work to order, no estab- 
lishment in the city turning out better work or quoting 
more reasonable prices. Mrs. Heath's millinery parlors 
are located at Xo. 514 Congress street, where a beautiful 
stock is carried and the very latest novelties are always 
well represented. Mrs. Heath employs two efficient as- 
sistants and makes it a rule to allow no imperfect work 
to leave her establishment. All orders being promptly 
executed, and delivered when promised. 

C. H. HOWARD & CO., House Finish, 
Mouldings, etc., also Woodworking to order. Brackett's 
Mills, Kennebec St., Portland, Me. It is a comparatively 
easy and simple matter to obtain House Finish in stand- 
ard patterns satisfactory in material and workmanship, 
and there is little or no difference in the prices quoted 
on such goods by all ordinarily well-equipped man- 
ufacturers, so that although Messrs. C. H. Howard & 
Co., are prepared to furnish moulding and Interior 
Finish including Doors and Window Frames, Standard 
Finish Handles, Side-Board. Dado and Ceiling Work, 
etc., at short notice, in any desired quantities and at the 
lowest market rates, we do not call especial attention to 
them on this account but because they do most admir- 
ably what few wood-workers do satisfactorily — make 
any desired style of work to order from architect's plans. 
Some wood-workers do not care to " bother " with work 
of that kind, and many who undertake it lack the ability, 
the facilities or the disposition to thoroughly satisfy 
their customers but Messrs. C. H. Howard & Co., are a 
new firm and consequently have every incentive to do 
the best of work and so establish a reputation and a 
regular patronage; thej' have first-class facilities, and 
both C . H. Howard and Fred Talbot are practical men, 
Mr. Howard haviug been foreman for W. A. Allen for 
more than two years. The shop in Brackett's Mill, 
Kennebec St., foot of Preble St., is fitted-up with im- 
proved machinery, driven by steam power, and sufficient 
assistance is employed to ensure the prompt filling of 
every order, while no trouble is spared to turn out 
work that cannot fail to satisfy even the most critical. 

SIMONDS' DYE HOUSE, cor. Federal and 
India Sts. Price List. Coats, Dyed and Pressed, $1.00 
Overcoats, $1.50; Pants, 75 cts.; Shawls, 75 cts. to 
$1.50; Dresses, $1.25 and upwards in proportion to 
trimming. Feathers a specialty. Somebody has 
said that in order to get rich, it is only necessary to 
make money like an American and to spend it like a 
Frenchman, and it must be confessed that there is a 
good (leal of sound sense in that way of putting it. 
Most Americans have the money-making gift, but few 
know how to use their money to the best advantage. 
Whereas a Frenchman can generally make every dollar 
count, and can enjoy himself and live well on a com- 
paratively sm.all income. We were reminded of this f.act 
when visiting the " Simonds " Dye House, at the corner 
of Federal and India Sts., a short time since. The 
character of the work turned out here is unexcelled, and 



many a hard-earned dollar may be saved by sending 
soiled or slightly worn garments here to be dyed. Care 
is taken not to injure the fabric or cause undue shrink- 
age, and we saw garments that had gone through the 
process and had been made, for all practical purposes, 
as good as new at a nominal expense. They are able 
to do good work here without fail, for they have every 
facility and emploj' six experienced assistants. Gar- 
ments of all description will be dyed, cleansed, and re- 
paired. Feathers being made a specialty, and a large 
business is done, many having discovered the advantages 
of patronizing such an establishment. Simonds' Dye 
House was established in 1860, by Mr. Franklin Simonds, 
father of the present proprietor. Mr. C. H. Simonds, 
assumed full control of the business in 1890, and pro- 
poses to satisfy every customer, and we can heartily 
commend his work to our readers. 

D. W. BRUNEL, Boots and Shoes, 69 Port- 
laud St., Portland Me., H. E. Morton, Agent, and in 
charge of store. There are very few people but what 
are anxious to get shoes that both look well and feel 
comfortable, and it is not to be wondered at that this is 
the case, for while an ill-fitting or shabby boot or shoe 
will spoil the appearance of the finest costume, a neat 
and stylish article of footwear will do much to atone for 
any deficiencies in the other details of the apparel. 
When Mr. D. W. Brunei opened his present establish- 
ment at No. 69 Portland street, in 1890, it was evident 
that his stock had been very skilfully selected, with an 
eye to the requirements of all kinds of customers. There 
were goods for adults, and goods for children, shoes for 
dress purposes and shoes for ordinary street and business 
wear; and last, but by no means least, the prices were 
right. Of course a large retail trade was soon built up, 
and this trade is steadily increasing, for so far from 
failing to keep up the methods he practiced in the be- 
ginning, this gentlemen has constantly striven to oft'er 
more and more decided inducements. Mr. Henry E. 
Morton, who acts as agent for Mr. Brunei and has 
charge of the store in question, has proceeded on the 
safe and liberal policy that his customers' interests are 
his also. A store 20 by 50 feet in dimensions is occupied, 
where boots and shoes are extensively handled, as well 
as a complete line of rubber goods, and repairing of all 
kinds is neatly and promptly done. All grades of goods 
are sold strictly on their merits, no misrepresentation 
being allowed in the slightest particular. 

GEO. A. GUPTILL & CO., Retail Dealers in 
Ship Stores, Flour, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Tobacco and 
Cigars, Fresh Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal and Poultry, 
Corner India and Newbury Streets. Portland, Me. This 
enterprise was founded by Mr. Wolier Cushiug, who 
was succeeded in 1873 by Mr. .John Gushing. In 1874 
the business was conducted by the firm of Guptill & 
Clark, and the present firm of Geo. A. Guptill & Co. 
assumed control of the business in 1876. They have 
since that time become well-known among a large and 
growing population. The specialties which they handle 
are peculiarly adapted for the use of ships and all sail- 
ing vessels, and are classed under the name of ship 
stores. They embrace among other goods flour, teas, 
colTees, spices, tobacco, cigars, fresh beef, pork, mutton, 
veal and poultry. These goods are of the best quality 
that can be bought, and the large and increasing trade 
of this house is indicative of the estimation and char- 
acter obtained in the past. The assortment of groceries 
will be found complete and to contain every necessary 
article that is required. The premises are located at the 
corner of India and Newbury streets, Portland, Maine, 
and consist of two floors, each 20x60 feet in dimensions. 
Employment is afforded to five assistants, and orders are 
promptly and accurately filled at the lowest market 
rates. 



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P. A. LaEOCHELLE&CO., Dealers in Hard 

and Soft Sawed Wood and Coal, Xo. 45 Fore street, op- 
pi)site Portland Company, Portland, Me.. Telephone 292. 
The stock of coal and wood carried by Messrs. P. A. 
LaRochelle & Co. is always large and complete, and 
enables the flrm to fill orders at very short notice, a fact 
which is much appreciated by consumers in Portland 
and vicinity, for the average man is apt to put oft' order- 
ing fuel until the very last moment, and consequently 
Buffers no little inconvenience if obliged to wait any 
length of time before a supply can be obtained. Another 
popular feature of this concern's business methods is 
the surety afforded that you will get just what you pay 
for, as only reliable grades are handled, and uo misrep- 
resentation is practiced or allowed. There is a good 
deal of dift'erence in coal, and careful buyers do not need 
to be told that the comparative cheapness of the various 
grades in the market is not to be judged alone by the 
prices quoted. Messrs. LaRochelle & Co. make a 
specialty of stevedoring, and do not confine themselves 
to dealing in coal, by any means, but are also prepared 
to furnish hard and soft sawed wood in any desired 
quantity at the lowest price. The individual members 
of this flrm are Messrs. J'. .V. LaRochelle and J. W. 
Alexander, the former being a native of Canada and the 
latter of Portland. The business premises occupied by 
the firm are located at Xo. 4.") Fore street, where all 
orders received by mail, messenger or telephone, Xo. 
292. are assured immediate attention, only competent 
and well informed assistants are employed, thus assur- 
ing the prompt and accurate delivery of every order. 

G. F. BAKTLETT, Dealer in Meats, Pro- 
visions, Groceries. Flour, Coffee. Teas, Canned Goods, 
etc., 34 Munjoy St., Portland, Me. Telephone 670. 
AVhen we come across an establishment where it is 
evident that every eft'ort is being made to accommodate 
the public, and where fair dealing and low prices are 
assured to every customer, we take pleasure in direct- 
ing attention to it whether It has been carried on a long 
or a short time. The establishment now conducted by 
Mr. G. F. Bartlett, was started by him in 1S7S, and we 
wish to call the favorable attention of our readers to it, 
for It is plainlj' to be seen that Mr. Bartlett means to 
extend every advantage to his patrons. He was born 
in Great Falls, X. H., and has had considerable ex- 
perience in the Meat, provision and Grocery business, 
so that he is in a position to manage his present enter- 
prise to the satisfaction of those he serves, and to give 
them a full dollar's worth of standard goods for every 
dollar they may spend at his market. This establish- 
ment is located at No. 34 Munjoy St., and although it 
comprises two floors each 2.i by 30 feet in dimensions 
there is no more room than is actually needed, for the 
stock carried includes everything in the line of Meats, 
Provisions, Groceries, Flour, Cofree,Teas, Canned Goods, 
etc.. and is complete in every department. If any of 
our readers will call at this store we can promise them 
prompt attention and civil treatment by the three effi- 
cient assistants, and also standard articles of food at 
the lowest market prices. 

E. K. GATLEY, Plasterer, Stucco and Mas- 
tic Worker, Whitening. Whitewashing, Coloring, Etc., 
to Order, Nos. 59 and (il I'nion .Street, Portland, Tele- 
phone Xo. 972. Xeither ]ilaster nor cement are very 
Imposing things to look at, and were we not aware of 
the Ininieiise Importance these humble articles possess 
ill building and manufacturing, we might not consider 
them worthy of even jiassing notice. But look at what 
they do. 'J'he most massive walls, the most magnificent 
structures are held together by the apparently Insignifi- 
cant articles we have mentioned, and not only the ar- 
chitectural beauty of our cities and towns, but the very 



lives of the community are dependent on plaster, lime 
and cement. It is but a few years since a whole 
block of new buildings fell in "the city of Xew York 
causing considerable loss of life, and all because of the 
defective character of the mortar used, by reason of the 
greed of the contractor. To obtain a meritorious and 
really reliable job of that kind done it is necessary to 
patronize an honest workman, and those who have had 
dealings with Mr. R. K. Gatley. doing business at Xo. 
.i9 and Gl Union street, will not think of disputing that 
he is worthy of being described in just such terms. This 
business was begun some 20 years ago by the present 
proprietor, being a first-class plasterer, stucco and 
mastic worker. Whitening, whitewashing, coloring, 
etc. done to order. Ten competent assistants are em- 
ployed, and orders are attended to promptly while 
prices are in accordance with the lowest market rates. 

J. T. FICKETT, Formerly of the firm of 
Morse & Fickett, Dealer in Coal and Wood, hard and 
soft slabs and edgings of all kinds, constantly on hand. 
.=j9 Lincoln, toot of Boyd St.. Portland, Me. " Telephone 
1.J.5 B. Newspaper "funny men "have long availed 
themselves of the opportunity for humorous exagger- 
ations afforded by the trials and tribulations of the man 
who has to "build the fire" in the morning, and no 
doubt the subject is comical enough to an outsider, but 
to the one whose patience and temper are tried and 
whose valuable time is lost by attempting to kindle a 
fire with wood not properly dried and seasoned, the 
matter seems serious, and not one to be laughed at. A man 
has only himself to blame in such a case as we have 
cited, for it is easy enough to procure well seasoned and 
quick burning wood if you only know where to go for it. 
We are glad to be able to inform those of our readers 
who are not already familiar with the materials fur- 
nished by Mr. J. T. Fickett that he makes a specialty of 
supplying the best of wood which is thoroughly sea- 
soned and kept dry and he will have it sawed to suit and 
delivered to order. His supply of coal comprises the 
best varieties which he will deliver at the lowest market 
rates. He has constantly on hand Hard and .Soft Slabs 
and Edgings of all kinds. Employment is given to three 
competent assistants and orders are promptly filled at 
short notice. This business was formerly conducted by 
Mr. .1. L. Watson. The present proprietor Mr. .1. T. 
Fickett, formerly of the firm of Morse & Fickett. has 
had control of affairs since 18S9. .\11 orders by Mail or 
Telephone will receive prompt attention. Telephone 
15."! B at Xo. 59 Lincoln, foot of Boyd St. Your patron- 
age is solicited. 

JOHN W. BUEROWES, Contractor and 
Builder, Manufacturer of Builder's Finish. Ofllce and 
Mill foot of Preble St., Portland. Me. Mr. .lohn W. 
Burrowes is a native of Canada, but few natives of this 
city are more generally known throughout Portland and 
vicinity, for Mr. Burrowes has carried on operations as 
a Contractor and Builder for fully a ((uarter of a century, 
and has been so active and successful as to have long 
since won a very prominent jiosition in that imi)ortant 
line of trade. He was identified with the firm of Bur- 
rowes Brothers from ISHO to 18S<) but since the latter 
date has carried on operations alone. Mr. Burrowes is 
a large manufacturer of Builder's Finish, his mill and 
office being located at the foot of Preble St. The pre- 
mises occupied have an area of ten or twelve thousand 
square feet, exclusive of the dry and storehouses, and 
are fitted up with improved machinery so that the ex- 
pense of production is reduced to a minimum aiui the 
largest orders can be filled at short notice. Of course 
Mr. Burrowes is prepared to figure very closely on 
building contracts, ami his high reputation afl'ords the 
best possible surety that he will f:iillifully larry out 
any agreement entered into. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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BEENSTEIlSr BEOS., Clothing and Furnish- 
ings, Seamen's Outfits, Xo. 366 Fore Street, also one at 
No. 399 Fore Street, Portland, Me. — The ready-made 
clothing business has reached large proportions iu Port- 
land, as it has in all cities and towns of any importance, 
and the result of free competition is to be seen in the 
very low prices now quoted on stylish and durable gar- 
ments. Some of the other consequences of competition 
are by no means so gratifying to the general public, as 
for instance, the worthless character of much of the 
clothing offered by certain dealers, but if the rule of pat- 
ronizing only reputable establishments be followed, 
there is no danger of Imposition. The firm of Bernstein 
Bros., have carried^ on the clothing business since 1888, 
and the large retaiT trade enjoyed by this popular con- 
cern is directly due to the policy pursued of selling all 
goods strictly on their merit. A large stock is carried, 
made up of fashionable, perfect-fitting and servicable 
clothing, and the prices quoted are iu every instance as 
low as can be named on goods of equal excellence. 
Clothing and furnishings of all kinds are dealt in, also 
seamen's outfits. Messrs. Bernstein Brothers occupy 
two stores, one located at No. 366 Fore street, and the 
other at No. 399, and not only staple goods, but full 
lines of fashionable novelties are always to be found at 
these establishments. The individual members of this 
firm are J. S. and A. J. Bernstein both of whom are na- 
tives of Russia, and well known throughout Portland 
and vicinity. The inducements offered at their stores in 
the way of dependable goods at low prices, go far to 
solve the problem of how to present a good appearance, 
without extravagant expenditure. They also deal in 
boots and shoes, watches and jewelry of all kinds. 



GEOEGE H. GREEIST, Livery, Boarding and 
Baiting Stable, No. 64 Pine Street, Portland, Me. The 
question whether it is cheaper to own or hire a horse, is 
one that is influenced so by circumstances in each in- 
dividual case, that it is impossible to answer it until 
those circumstances are duly considered, but at all 
events it will be agreed that such an establishment as 
that conducted by Sir. George H. Green, at No. 64 Pine 
Street, deserves hearty support, for here a speedy and 
stylish team may be hired at a moderate cost, or a horse 
may be boarded by its owner at a reasonable expense, 
so that all who use horses for business or pleasure may 
be accommodated. This enterprise was inaugurated in 
1850 by Mr. Henry Green. In 1866 he took a partner, 
and the business was conducted under the name of 
Henry Green & Co. till 1883, when the present pro- 
prietor assumed full control of it. He is a native of 
Portland. The premises in use are spacious, and there 
are 17 stalls all well arranged and well kept. Single and 
double teams can be furnished at short notice, and the 
most fastidious customer will have no reason to com- 
plain of any detail of the turnout, for horse, carriage, 
harness, etc., are all first-class, the best trade being 
catered to, and no pains being spared to assure satisfac- 
tion. Animals boarded here will receive the best of 
care, and, in short, the high reputation of the establish- 
ment will be fully maintained. 

GEM LAUNDEY, Miss E. E. Bartlett, Pro- 
prietress. 92 Middle St., Portland. There are many who 
object to h.aving washing done at home and yet do not feel 
disposed to entrust their linen to public laundries. But 
there is no more necessity of having your clothes injured 
at a laundry than there is of having them done up at 
home, for the Gem Laundry, now under the manage- 
ment of Miss E. E. Bartlett, and located at No. 92 
Middle street, does careful work and avoids injury to the 
most delicate fabrics. Miss Bartlett is a" native of 
Naples, Me., and has conducted her present enterprise 



since 1883, having succeeded Mr. Fred Anderson at that 
date. She has built up a thriving business, requiring 
the services of eight thoroughly experienced assistants. 
The uniform superiority of the work turned out at this 
establishment is evident to the most fastidious, and the 
prices are so low that all can afford to take advantage of 
the opportunities offered. Fancy ironing, fluting and 
all kinds of laundry work is done at short notice, while 
family washing is made a specialty and is done from 
35 cents to $1.00 per dozen. Orders left at this office 
will be promptl}' attended to and delivered at the time 
promised. 

FEED H. SMAEDEN, 97 Atlantic St., Port- 
land, Me. Bakery and Confectionery. Judging from 
the number of Bakers and Confectioners in this city, 
there must be a large proportion of the population that 
is fond of sweets, and indeed this is not to be wondered 
at, for there are really but few things more agreeable to 
the taste than fresh Bread, Cakes, Pastry and well-made 
and pure Confectionery. Unfortunately it is not all 
dealers in these goods that supply their patrons with 
goods that can be described as "fresh "and "well- 
made,'' but there are a good many reliable establish- 
ments of this kind, and one of them that is located in 
this city is that conducted by Mr. Fred H. Smarden. 
This gentleman is a native of Portland, and Is very well 
known in this vicinity. This business was established 
many years ago by Messrs. Smarden & Scamman, and 
after two or three changes iu its management came into 
the possession of its present proprietor in 1889. The 
premises are located at No. 97 Atlantic St., and comprise 
one floor, and one-half basement covering an .area of 
some 1600 square feet, and contains a choice stock of 
Bread, Cake, Pastry, and Confectionery. These goods 
can be furnished at short notice, while the prices are 
sure to be satisfactory to all reasonable persons. Mr. 
Smarden has reason to congratulate, himself on the pre- 
sent condition of his business. Not only is an extensive 
retail patronage enjoyed, but the trade shows a rapid 
and constant increase, that promises the most brilliant 
results in the future. 

HEREICK & SON, Manufacturers of Pure 
Cold Pressed Cod Liver Oil, No. 17 Long Wharf, Port- 
land, Me. The uses of Fish Oils are so many and va- 
rious that the demand for them is immense and is con- 
stantly and rapidly increasing so that the business of 
manufacturing and selling these oils is of prime impor- 
tance and represents the investment of a large amount 
of capital. The general public are much more familiar 
with Cod Liver Oil, than with any other fish oil, owing 
to the great extent to which it is used as a medicine, 
and it is a well-known fact that much of the Cod Liver 
Oil in the market is not so pure as it might be 
and that it therefore is advisable to use careful 
discrimination in placing orders, for the value or 
rather the virtue of this oil in restoring strength and 
enabling one to gain flesh is directly dependent upon its 
purity and freshness. In this connection we may do our 
readers a service by calling their attention to the enter- 
prise carried on by Messrs. Herrick & Son, for this firm 
are manufacturers of Pure Cold Pressed Cod Liver Oil 
and their product is so carefully prepared as to be un- 
surpassed in this or any other market. The business 
was founded in 1881 by Mr. T. H. Hopkins, and the 
present firm assumed control in 1885. The partners are 
Messrs. Wm. C. and A. W. Herrick, both natives ol 
Gloucester, Mass., and the firm are agents of Messrs. A. 
\V. Dodd & Co., of that town in the manufacture of fish 
oils of all kinds, they shipping direct to that concern. 
Spacious premises located at No. 17 Long Wharf are 
utilized, and both wholesale and retail orders will be 
promptly filled at the lowest market rates. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



CAETEE & COVENY, Dealers in all kinds of 
Meats. Butter, Eggs, Vegetables, etc., 4 Milk St.. Market, 
Portland. The market carried on by Messrs. Carter & 
Coveny is an cstabli>liinerit which has gained great pop- 
ularity since its opening and it is well worth while to 
trace out the causes which have led to this result. The 
enterprise in question was started by Mr. A. K. Carter 
in l>s74, the present lirni of Carter & Coveny being 
formed in 1880. They have always made it a rule to 
keep their stock complete in every department. They 
make it their business to sell choice Meats, Butter, Eggs. 
Vegetables, etc.. especially adapted to family use, and 
take pains to see that the articles furnished are all they 
are represented to be, so that their customers have 
learned to put the utmost confidence in the quality of 
the goods they receive. Then they put their prices as 
low as circumstances will admit. Their stock is so fre- 
quently renewed as to keep fresh in every department. 
The food supplies obtainable at this market are of uni- 
form and high merit, for they are procured from the 
indst ri']nit:ible wholesalers arxi producers, and are not 
to bi' rhi.-<i(l with the inferior articles so common in the 
market. Messrs. A. B. Carter and J. A. Coveny, are 
both natives of Portland, and enterprising and energetic 
business men. The extensive retail trade attained by 
them is most ably handled and every caller to this 
establishment is assured prompt accurate and polite 
service. 

IE A F. CLAEK & Co., Clothing, Hats and 
Gents' Furnishing Goods, 482 Congress St., Portland. 
When the average man goes out to buy a suit of clothes 
he is seeking one that is fashionable, perfect-fitting, 
well-made, and moderate in price, for the most of us 
have to be very careful of the dollars and can't allbrd to 
pay fancy ligures even were w-e disposed to do so if we 
could. Many people have found just what they wanted 
in the line of clothing at the establishment conducted by 
Messrs. Ira F. Clark & Co.. at Xo. 482 Congress street, and 
they havefound that the prices were right to, for Messrs. 
Clark & Co. are firm believers in the "quick sales and 
small prolits" policy, and they make this business profit- 
able bj- increasing its magnitude, and not by catering to 
a select few at very high rates. Still the most fastidious 
buyers will tind much to admire in this stock, as it al- 
ways includes the latest fashionable novelties in cloth- 
ing, hat? and gents' furnishings, and the goods are as 
attractive in workmanship as they are in material, style 
and tit. The tirm have hosts of friends in both business 
and social circles. The premises utilized comprise two 
floors, measuring 2.5xiiO feet, exclusive of the children's 
department, which extends over the rear half of the 
store. Ijnployment is given to from s to 12 assistants, 
and prompt and courteous attention is assured to every 
caller, gooiLs being cheerfullj' shown at any time during 
business hours. 

HOME EESTAUEANT, for Ladies aiidfJen- 
tlemen, W. \. Love, I'roprietor, I.").'i Federal Street, 
Portland, Maine. We do not know why such should be 
the case, but it is an undeniable fact that a really desir- 
able restaurant is the hardest establishment of all to 
tind in our cities. This statenient does not api)ly to 
Portland alone, it is equally true of every community of 
any sl/e, and Hoston and New York are prominent cases 
in point. \ot but what there are restaurants enough, — 
in some cities the field is itbsurdly crowded, and it is in 
just such places that the scarcity referred to is most 
noticeable. A really desirable restaurant is where the 
bill-of-fare is varied, the food is of good quality anil Is 
excellently cooked: where the service is reasonably 
prompt, and the prices are within the means of others 
besides millionaires. How nniny such establishments 
can Portland show 't Very few, but among them men- 



tion must he made of that conducted under the name of 
Home Restaurant, and located at No. 1.5.3 Federal street. 
This restaurant was established many years ago, the 
present proprietor only having been identified with it 
since ISiiO, but he has already greatly added to its popu- 
larity and is evidently destined to build up a very ex- 
tensive trade if present methods are continued. The 
Home I'estaurant is intended for both ladies and gentle- 
men, and the service oiTered is arranged accordingly. 
Furnished rooms are to let, and transient boarders are 
served at moderate rates. The table is supplied with an 
abundant variety of .seasonable and well-cooked food. 
Fifty-two guests can be seated .it one time, and suflicient 
assistance is employed to ensure satisfactory results, 
and patrons are assured of having their orders filled 
without undue delay. The proprietor, W. A. I-ove, is a 
native of Portland, Me., and is very well known 
throughout this vicinity. 

C. H. BUCKXAM, Manufacturer of Furni- 
ture Frames, .Sofa, Lounge, Easy Chair, Patent Hoeker, 
etc., lO.j Preble Street, corner Lincoln Street, Portland, 
Me. — It is a well-known fact that furniture is much 
cheaper nowdays than was the case a decade and more 
ago. and indeed so low are the prices quoted on certain 
kinds of furniture that the ordinary buyer cannot help 
wondering where the profit comes in, for a little flgurinj' 
shows him that the cost to him of the stock alone would 
nearly if not quite equal the amount he is charged for 
the finished article. The explanation is of course to be 
found in the fact that the wholesale cost of the material 
is much lower than the retail, and the process of manu- 
facture is so divided and systpmatized as to reduce the 
expense of production to a miuitnum. In this connection 
we may properly call attention to the Establishment car- 
ried on by Mr. C. H. Bucknam at Xo. IO.t Preble street, 
corner of' Lincoln street, for this is devoted entirely to 
the manufacture of furniture frames and the product 
bears a high reputation among dealers throughout this 
section; the styles being varied and attractive, the ma- 
terial carefully seli'ctcd and thoroughly seasoned, and 
the workinaiisbip tlKJrougbly first-class, the result being 
frames lli;it arc strong, il lira I] If and capable of being econ- 
omically and handsomely finislied. Tlie premises are spa- 
cious and fitted up with the most improved machinery, 
and suflicient assistance is employed to ensure tlie 
prompt filling of all orders, the product includes sofa, 
lounge, easy chair, patent rocker, etc., and being fur- 
nished at the lowest market rates. The business was 
founded in 187.") by Messrs. Bucknam A Voiing who 
were succeeded in 1-76 by Messrs. Bucknam & Colley, 
the present proprietor assuming sole control in 1881). 
He is a native of Yarmouth, Maine, and is very widely 
known throughout Portland and vicinity. 

A. H. LTHRY, Fine Bread, Cake, Pastr.V 
and Confectionery. Wedding and Loaf Cake a .Specialty. 
22.5 Cumberland .St., Portland, Me. Brown bread and 
Beans Saturday Xight and Sunday Morning. In calling 
attention to the establiohment conducted by Mr. A. 11. 
Libby, we feel sure that we are but giving expression 
to the sentiment of many people in this vicinity wlien 
we say that It is one of the most reliable enterprises of 
the kind in the entire city and those who have made a 
practice of dealing with this establishment speak of the 
even excellence of the goods ollVred. and the uniform 
courtesy and consideration extended to every customer. 
IJusiness was begun in 1880, and has grown without a 
pause until It has reached its present large |)roportions, 
Tlie premises utilized are located at 22.5 Cumberland .St., 
and cover an area of 800 square feet, and always con- 
tain a desirable and varied stock of Bread, Cake, I'astry, 
and Confectionery, which is ofl'ered for sale at the very 
lowest rates. The goods sold here enjoy an enviable 



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reputation in the neighborhood, and it is only natural 
that they should, for they are made from carefully se- 
lected materials by skilled and experienced assistants. 
VV'edding and Loaf Cake are made a specialty, and are 
offered to the public fresh every day, and Brown Bread 
and Beans every Saturday Night and Sunday Jlorning. 
Mr. Libby is a native of Portland and has gained a high 
reputation by his liberal, enterprising, and honorable 
business methods. 



W. M. LETGHTOX. Merchant Tailor, Monu- 
ment Square, 27.3 Middle, Junct. Federal St., Portland, 
Me. The high standing which has been attained by the 
merchant tailoring establishment of Mr. W. M. Leighton 
during the four years it has been carried on is credita- 
ble alike to its proprietor and to the judgment and taste 
of the Portland public, for Mr. Leighton has spared no 
pains to produce fashionable, durable and perfect-litting 
garments at reasonable prices, and the public have 
shown their appreciation of his eftbrts by liberally sup- 
porting the enterprise in question. The success won, 
high as it is, might safely have been predicted, for Mr. 
Leighton had had long and varied experience with some 
of the best tailors in the city before beginning business 
for himself, and hence was thoroughly conversant with 
the requirements of the most fastidious trade, — a knowl- 
edge which has enabled him to oft'er an entirely satis- 
factory service from the very first He is a native of 
Portland and is very widely known here, both in 
business and social circles. His rooms are most eligibly 
located in Monument Square, No. 273 Middle St. junction 
of Federal St., and always contain a most skilfully 
chosen assortment of foreign and domestic fabrics for 
gentlemen's w-ear, particular attention being given to 
the very latest fashionable novelties. Employment is 
afforded to 15 to 17 competent assistants, and orders can 
generally be filled at short notice, the garments pro- 
duced being fully guaranteed, and a perfect fit being 
assured to every customer. 



GEO. H. BAILEY, D. Y. S., State Yeterinary 
Surgeon, OflBce No. 1 Longfellow Square, Portland, Me. 
It is hard to get it through the heads of some men that 
a horse is not a kind of machine that will stand any 
amount of hard service and even abuse without injury, 
and such persons are always very much surprised when 
a horse breaks down from overwork, or contracts some 
disease which seriously impairs his value. Even with 
the best of care horses are liable to become more or less 
seriously ill, and therefore the services of an educated 
and experienced veterinary surgeon are not only of 
great utility but are practicall)' an absolute necessity in 
every community where horses are largely used. It is 
neither humane nor economical to deny to a iick horse 
the speed}- chance of recover}' afforded by the treatment 
given by such a practitioner, and if some of those who 
pride themselves on their shrewdness in never having 
paid a cent for medical advice for their animals were to 
figure out the loss they incurred by having their horses 
lie idle longer than would otherwise have been neces- 
sary, they would change their opinion of their own 
sagacity. Among surgeons located in this city none 
occupy a higher position than Dr. Geo. H. Bailey of No. 
1 Longfellow Square, and those who have availed them- 
selves of his services speak in the highest terms of his 
professional skill and the moderate nature of his 
charges. Dr. Bailey has had an extended and varied ex- 
perience He is State Veterinary Surgeon, and has been 
located in Portland over ten years, and is a graduate of 
the American Veterinary College of New York. Horse 
owners would do well to note his address so as to be 
prepared to call upon him in case of need, as delay in 
some cases means t-otal loss of valuable animals. 



Dr. CARLTON KIMBALL, Dentist, 4.53i 
Congress, Corner Elm St., opposite Soldier's Monument. 
Portland, Me. Vegetable Gas administered to extract 
teeth without pain. It is a safe and pleasant substitute 
for Nitrous Oxide Gas and Ether. It is no doubt true 
that the most valuable discoveries and improvements 
have been made by dint of ingenious and persistant 
experimenting, and so no reasonable person can object 
to experimenting within proper bounds, but all of us 
have a very clearly defined objection to being made the 
subject of experiments, especially where the treatment 
of the teeth is concerned, and therefore naturally we 
want to feel sure of the entire competency of any dental 
practitioner before making use of his services. There 
can certainly be no question as to that of Dr. Carlton 
Kimball, who has an ofiice in this city at No. 453J Con- 
gress St., (opposite the Soldier's Monument) first because 
that gentleman is a graduate of the Baltimore College 
of Dental Surgery, and second because he has amply 
proved his competency during the twenty-five years 
that he has practiced dentistry in this city of Portland. 
Dr. Kimball is a native of Plymouth, N. H., and founded 
his present establishment in 1865. He is widely and 
favorably known socially and professionally in this city. 
He served in the Army during our late Civil^ War, and 
has at different times been President of the Y. M. C. A. 
He is connected with many fraternal and benevolent 
societies, among them being the Masons, Odd Fellows, 
Knights of Pythias, etc. His rooms are equipped with 
the most improved appliances and instruments for the 
carrying on of dentistry in all its branches, and while 
all vvorfc is guaranteed, the charges are uniformly mod- 
erate. Dr. Kimball is a gentle as well as a thorough 
operator, and the most timid will be quickly re-assured 
bv his careful and easy methods. Mayo's Vegetable 
Gas administered by him to Extract Teeth without pain 
is a safe and pleasant substitute for Nitrous Oxide Gas 
and Ether. Dr. Kimball is considered a thoroughly 
reliable and responsible Dentist. 

JAMES T. JOHKSTOX, Dealer in Coal and 
Wood, 174 Congress St., below the Observatory, Port- 
land, Me. In a work of this kind which treats of the 
important and necessary industries which are located in 
our midst, there is no business conducted here which 
will rank higher as a necessity than that of Coal and 
Wood, for in our changeable climate there are but a few 
weeks wheu we can entirely dispense with both of these 
articles, and even in our warmest weather there are but 
few families who do not use both c«al and wood daily. 
While all are so dependent on these commodities it is of 
interest to all to know where such can be procured con- 
venientlv and promptly. We would here call the atten- 
tion of the residents of Portland to the business carried 
on in this line by Mr. .Tames T. Johnston, who has re- 
peatedly shown himself to be the " right man in the right 
place " for he has from the commencement of his oper- 
atious, offered unusual inducements to customers and is 
evidently more than competent to fill the requirements 
of this location. This business was origioally started 
by Mr. Beal, who was succeeded by Mr. Isaac Littlejohu, 
who conducted it about ten years, and gave place to the 
present proprietor in 1889. Mr. Johnston is a native of 
Prince Kdvvards Island. He owes the patronage thtt 
has been given him to the strict personal oversight 
which he gives to every detail of his business. By so 
managing he is able to guarantee satisfaction, and is 
confident that those who may once favor him with an 
order, will afterwards become steady customers. Four 
assistants are constantly employed, and wood and coal 
will be supplied in any desired quantity. All orders 
left at No. 174 Congress St., (below the Observatory; 
will be promptly attended to, and accurately delivered 
when promised. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



SAWYER & DYER, Dealers in Groceries, 
Provisions and all kinds of Country Produce. Best 
Brands of Flour constantly on hand. Telephone Xo. 
17.5. Xo. .t74 Congress St. There are many reasons 
why the establishment now conducted under the firm 
name of .Sawyer & Dyer should be the favorite it un- 
doubtedly is with the general public, and these reasons 
are so sound and conclusive that there is no danger of 
the establishment in question losing its nopularitv, 
under its present management at least. The" enterprise 
was inaugurated by W. H. Barker, who was succeeded 
by Mr. John Kades, the present firm name of .Sawyer & 
Dyer being formed in 1877. The death of Mr. Dyer oc- 
curred in ISSS, but the old firm name is still continued 
Mr. Geo. (;. Sawyer the surviving partner is a native of 
Cape lilizabeth, Me., and is very well known throughout 
Portland and during his extended business career in this 
city has gained a well deserved reputation for enterprise 
and liberal methods. The premises utilized are located 
at Xo. .574 Congress St., comprising a store some 1000 
square feet in dimensions. One reason for the great 
popularity enjoyed by the undertaking is to be found in 
the variety and extent of the stock on hand, for it not 
only includes groceries provisions and all kinds of 
country produce, but these food supplies are guaranteed 
fresh and first-class in all respects. The best brands of 
flour are constantly on hand, and the prices are as low- 
as the lowest, for g'oods of equal qualitv. The emplov- 
ment of three competent assistants makes it possible 
for every customer to be promptly and courteously at- 
tended to. 

ADDLSOX LIBP.Y, Carpenter and Builder. 
Estimates given on all kinds of Carpenter Work. Job- 
bing of all kinds i)romptly attended to. Shop, 97 Clark 
St., house. 64 Clark St., Portland, Me. Although a great 
deal is said and written concerning the troubles and 
disappointments met with by those undertaking building 
operations, the fact remains that these troubles are by 
no means a necessary accompaniment of such operations 
but are brought about by going to work the wrong way. 
Make up your mind as to what you want, have plans 
and specifications properly prepared, and contract with 
a responsible party to carry them out, and there is no 
reason why any cause for wrong should then arise. 
There is no lack of responsible and honorable builders 
in this city, and prominent among them is Mr. Addison 
Libb}-, a native of Scarboro, Me., who has carried on 
business in Portland about 15 years and built up an un- 
surpassed reputatioji for integrity. Mr. Libby's shop 
is at Xo. 97 Clark St., and his house is but a few doors 
away, at Xo. 64 Clark St., so that orders left at either 
place are assured equally prompt attention. Estimates 
will be given on all kinds of carpenter work, and job- 
bing of every description will be promptly attended to, 
a large force of competent assistants be'ing available 
when required. Mr. Libby is moderate In his charges 
and we can confidently guarantee satisfaction to those 
who place orders with "him. 

H. JOHNSON, Watchmaker and Jeweler, 
Repairing of Fine Clocks a Specialty. Work Guaranteed. 
214 Federal St., Portland. Me. Tliere is no doubt but 
that many a fine watch and clock has been injured or 
totally ruined by the incompetence of the one who tried 
to repair it, for there is no law to hinder anyone from 
putting up a sign as a " practical watchmaker and clock 
repairer" and it is a well known fact that many who do 
so do not know even the rudiments of the business. 
Therefore it is well worth while to note the address of a 
perfectly competent workman, and one whom we can 
cordially recommend to our readears is Mr. H. Johnson, 
doing business at Xo. 214 Federal st., for he is an ex- 
perienced and skilful watch maker and jeweler who 



makes a specialty of the repairing of fine clocks and 
guarantees all his work in every respect. Mr. Johnson 
IS a native of Denmark and has seen a great deal of 
military service, he having served 7 years in the Danish 
Army, and having been a soldier in Canada during the 
" Xorthwest Rebellion " which resulted in the death of 
Louis Kiel. Like most men who have seen the world 
and had dealings with all kinds of people, Mr. .Johnson 
is a very agreeable gentleman to do business with, and 
we may say right here that his charges are moderate 
although his work is decidedly superior to the average. 
He has excellent facilities at his command and can fill 
all order at very short notice. 



WILLIAM W. RUBY, New Lunch and Din- 
ing Rooms, for Ladies and Gentlemen, 121 Exchange 
street, Portland, Me. — The convenience of knowing 
where to obtain a satisfactory meal when away from 
home is too obvious to admit of argument, and therefore 
without further preface, we invite the careful attention 
of our readers to the enterprise carried on by Mr. Wm. 
W. Ruby at Xo. 121 Excliange street. This business 
was carried on for eleven years on Pearl street, but was 
removed to 19 Exchange street in 1S89. and to its present 
location in 1S91. Mr. Ruby has built up a trade of 
large proportions, and it is plainly evident to patrons of 
these dining rooms that determined and intelligent 
efforts are being made to serve them in the most liberal 
and progressive manner. In other words, customers 
are treated so that they find it to their advantage to 
come again and to recommend the place to their friends. 
This policy has been steadily adhered to, and it has had 
its inevitable result — a constantly increasing patronage. 
The accommodations will seat sixty-fifty persons. Four 
careful and attentive assistants are employed that guests 
may be promptly served. All the modern facilities are 
at hand for carrying on a first-class restaurant. The 
best of food is bought and the cooking is far superior to 
much that is offered to the public. Mr. Ruby is a native 
of Portland, Me., and he has many friends who esteem 
him for his energetic and liberal methods. 



GEO. F. McDonald, 272 Conimeroial Street, 
Portland. Me., Manufacturer of Ship Tanks and Jobber 
in Cooperage. — Xo way has yet been discovered by 
which a thoroughly dependable ship tank can be made 
out of inferior material, and perhaps some of the myste- 
rious breaks which now and then occur, would lose 
much of their mysterj' could the precise grad<' of iron 
or other material used, in the ruptured portion be defi- 
nitely ascertained. Of course breakages occur which 
are in no sense the fault of the maker, for a tank will 
wear out in time, the same as everything else, and if not 
kept in perfect repair by remedying defects as fast 
as the}' are discovered, even an originally good tanks 
may suddenly give way in one part or another. More 
than one tank has. however, been more seriously in- 
jured by the carelessness or stupidity of those entrusted 
with its repairing than it would have been by years of 
use, and in this connection we may properly call atten- 
tion to one of the best manufacturers in this city. Mr. 
George F. McDonald, is a manufacturer of ship tanks, 
and jobber in cooperage. His business iircniises are 
located at Xo. 'I'rl Commercial street, where employ- 
ment is given to a force of competent workmen, and the 
most difficult jobs of repairing can be attended to in a 
thoroughly workmanlike manner at short notice, and at 
moderate charges. Mr. McDonald utilizes a complete 
and improved plant of machinery and is prepari'd to 
make ship tanks, cisterns for house or cottage of any 
desired dinicii-ions to order at very short notice, they 
being sim]ile .and strong in design and embodying all 
the desirable features. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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lEA C. STOCKBEIDGE, Music Store, 540 
Congress Street. A great deal of nonsense has been 
spoken and written concerning the purchasing of 
Pianos and other musical goods and the risks that buy- 
ers run of being sadly imposed upon ; the truth of the 
matter being that in buying musical goods, as in buying 
any other article of merchandise, those who deal with 
reputable and old-established houses are perfectly secure 
against even an attempt at imposition, while those who 
think to save money by patronizing irresponsible par- 
ties who offer ''beautiful goods at a tremendous sacri- 
fice," are sure to learn eventually that the only "sacri- 
fice" connected with the transaction, was that of the 
sum they paid for a practically worthless instrument. 
Mr. Ira C. Stockbridge has been engaged in the sale of 
sheet music and musical goods here in Portland since 
1869. He has, therefore, had plenty of experience, and 
has had abundant opportunity to become thoroughly 
conversant with the merits and demerits of the various 
instruments on the market. Mr. Stockbridge handles 
only first-class goods and the prospective purchaser will 
find a varied assortment to choose from at his establish- 
ment and may confidently depend upon the information 
received there. The premises comprise one floor 18 by 
70 feet in dimensions and are located at No. 510 Congress 
street, aflfording ample room for the extensive stock, 
which includes sheet music as well as musical goods of 
all kinds. Employment is given to three assistants and 
callers may depend upon receiving prompt and polite 
service at all times. 

S. A. MADDOX, Dealer in Groceries, Provi- 
sions, Flour, Butter, Cheese, etc.. No. 35 Middle street. 
Cor. India, Portland, Me. This is an old and familiar 
store to many residents of this neighborhood as it was 
established many years ago. The present proprietor 
assumed control in 1879 and to say that he has sustained 
the high reputation already secured by former manage- 
ment, is not all we can say, but that the trade is con- 
stantly growing. Mr. Maddox understands his business 
and gives his customers the benefit by purchasing only 
the best of groceries, provisions, etc., as can be plainly 
seen by a visit to his store. He carries a heavy stock 
comprising some of the best brands of flour, choice but- 
ter and cheese, as well as a full assortment of fine 
family groceries and provisions which will on inspec- 
tion be found complete in every respect. The premises 
which are 30x100 feet in dimensions are located at No. 
35 Middle street. Employment is afforded to five assist- 
ants and all customers are carefully and politely attend- 
ed to and orders are accurately filled. Mr. S. A. Mad- 
dox is a native of Damariscotta, Me. 



orders in this department in an absolutely accurate man- 
ner, and at very reasonable prices. The store is IS by 
50 feet in dimensions and contains in addition to the 
goods already mentioned a fine stock of fancy toilet 
articles, cigars, etc. A specialty is made of Stimson's 
Floral Cream, a toilet article which has met with much 
favor throughout New England. Mr. Slimsou is a 
native of Portland. He established his business in 1886, 
and removed to his present location (57 Middle street) 
in 1891. Two competent clerks are employed, while the 
proprietor gives close personal supervision to his retail 
trade, which he has largely developed since that date. 



TALBOT & MOULTON, Carriage Mamtlac- 
turers, No. 75 Portland St., Portland, Me. One of the 
most popular establishments of its kind in Portland is 
that conducted under the firm name of Talbot & Moul- 
ton, and located at No. 75 Portland St., and as many of 
our readers could doubtless have dealings with this 
house to the advantage of all parties concerned, we take 
pleasure in calling attention to some of the advantages 
to be gained by so doing. The enterprise, to which we 
have reference, was inaugurated about thirty .years ago, 
and has thus been before the public long enough to 
prove that it is worthy of every confidence. This estab- 
lishment was founded about 1861 bj' Messrs. Talbot & 
Moulton, and since the retirement of Mr. Talbot from 
the concern, the business has been continued by Mr. 
M. Moulton under the original style of Talbot & Moul- 
ton. The premises occupied cover an area of some 1000 
square feet, and all the necessary tools, machinery, and 
other appliances are at hand to enable orders for Car- 
riage Manufacturing, and Repairing work, to be given 
that prompt and skilful attention, to which the patrons 
of this establishment are accustomed. Carriages, Heavy 
Express Wagons, and Hook and Ladder Trucks, are 
made to order .and satisfaction guai'anteed. Special at- 
tention is given to jobbing and repairing of all kiiids, 
for which this house holds an exceptionally high repu- 
tation. The repairs that are made at this factory are 
not only neat and handsome in appearance, but they 
are strong and durable when put to the test of actual 
wear, a point which those who have had much car- 
riage repairing done, will appreciate. The proprietor 
is very moderate in his charges, and well deserves the 
popularity he so long has enjoyed. Skilled and reliable 
assistants are constantly employed and all orders in any 
branch of the business are promptly executed. Mr. M. 
Moulton is a native of Maine ; he served in the Army 
during our late Civil War, and is well known among the 
enterprising business men of Portland. 



H. L. STIMSOX, Dealer in Drugs and Medi- 
cines, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Cigars, Etc. Prescrip- 
tions a Specialty. 57 Middle St., Portland, Me. People 
are very apt to wonder how the proprietor of a "general 
store" can keep track of all the articles he handles, and 
are not slow to excuse the frequent mistakes made in 
such establishments, on the ground that errors are un- 
avoidable under such circumstances, and yet we ques- 
tion if the average general store contains a much larger 
variety than may be found in a first-class modern phar- 
macy. Such a one for instance as is conducted by Mr. 
H. L. Stimson, at No. 57 Middle street. The extreme 
rarity of errors in a well-equipped drug store speaks 
volumes for the ability and care of of those having such 
establishments in charge, but the public accept this con- 
dition of affairs as a matter of course and give but little 
credit to those to whom credit is due. Mr. Stimson car- 
ries a very large and varied stock, including an extreme- 
ly complete assortment of drugs, medicines and chem- 
icals of every description. Special attention is given to 
prescription trade and no pains are spared to fill all 



DAXFOETH'S DIXIXG HALL, Mrs. M. V. 

Danforth, Prop., 20 to 28 Temple street, Portland, Me. 
Danforth's Dining Hall is one of the best known restau- 
rants in this city. It was opened by its present pro- 
prietress Mrs. Mary V. Danforth in 1880. This lady is 
a native of Portland. She has been located at her pres- 
ent spacious establishment Nos 20 to 28 Temple street, 
since 1884. In connection with the dining hall which is 
very conveniently arranged and which can comfortably 
seat 55 guests at one time. Mrs. Danforth conducts a 
first-class lodging house with accommodations for fifty 
guests. The rooms are all pleasant and well furnished 
and can be hired by the day or week. The table is sup- 
plied with seasonable and- well-cooked food and the 
guests are not obliged to wait all day before they are 
attended to as 8 assistants are employed and the service 
is prompt and efiicient. Meals can be had here at all 
hours, and the prices are extremely reasonable, and 
taken all in all, this establishment deserves the patron- 
age of all those appreciative of good accommodations 
and liberal methods. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




THOS. P. BEALS & CO., 



CTIREBS OF 



Factory on Market and Newbury Sts., 

PORTUflND, mE. 

One of the leading industries of this city 
is the Furniture and .Spring Bed IManufacturing 
business of Thos. P. Beals & Co., whose factories are situated on Market and Newbury streets as 
shown in the above cuts, covering over two acres of floor surface. The firm is composed of Mr. 
Thomas P. Beals and Frederick H. Beals. The former being a native of Wiscasset, Me., and the 
latter of this city. Mr. Beals, senior, came to Portland when a boy and served his time as an 
apprentice in the furniture business, continuing in which until the opening of the late war 
when he entered the service in defense of his country, enlisting as a private, and afterwards 
being promoted to captain, maintaining a position at the front until the close of the rebellion. 
In alike position we find him in iinTcantile life, viz: "To the front"' and still leading. In 1867 
he laid the foundation of his present business, increasing and a<lding to each department as 
their goods l>ecamc more j)opular every year. The firm are manufacturers and iobl)ers of Woven 
Wiie Mattresses, Si)iral .S])ring Beds, Cots, Oak, Ash and Pine ('liaiTil)er Sets and in fact almost 
everything in the common furniture line. 

Their steadily incn^asing l)usiness has plac(!d them second to none in their line in New 
England, employing over 40 men, making use of the most improved machinery and carefully 
studying the wants of the trade, have established an enviable rei)utation for them and their i)ro- 
ductions, which is well known throughout the New England States and Canada. During the past 
season they have doubled their producing capacity and are giving special attention to Oild Pieces, 
such as Bedsteds, Bureaus, Chairs, Tables, &c., constantly carrying a large and comitlete stock 
thus enabling them to fill all orders promptly. 

They have lately purchased the entire stock of Shaker (hairs of tht- J'ioneer Chaii- Co., of 
West T'aris, ^Me., which enables them to give lower prices than ever on this line of goods which 
has become so popular. They have this year erected a brick addition to their Newbury Street 
Factory, 90.\20 feet and four stories high with a diy and well \entilated basement for the better 
accommodation of their growing t)usiiiess, which will gi\f Ihi-ni exceptionally tine facilities for 
catering to th»- wants of the trade. In this building, are iiianufactuifd thousands of sjniug beds? 
from theevei- i)0])ular low priced woven wire nmttress to the best that first class material and work- 
niiinship can j)roduce. These goods are built up from the raw material by machin<-s invented, 
improved ami used only by this fiiin. Being i)ettei- i)repared tlian ever to supply the wants of the 
ti'adi- in everything in thfir line, they soli<-it corres]>ondenee feeling confident that they <'an meet 
all legitiniate coiii|ii'tition. A visit to their establishment Nos. s;{ and S."> ^larkel ami l.''JO. •_'•_'•_' ami 



224 Newbiirv Slii'els wil 



II repay anyone desirous of obtaining any g<iods in tln-ir lim 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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MILLS & GILMOUE, Machinists. Dealers 
in New and Secoml-Hand Machiuery, Engines, Boilers, 
etc. Repairing promptly attended to. Xo. 27 Com- 
mercial Street, Portland, Me. If there is one piece of 
information more apt to be valuable to the user of 
machinery than any other it is the whereabouts of a 
firm of machinists that can be depended upon to do 
repairing in a durable and generally workmanlike 
manner at short notice, for even the best of machinery 
Is liable to break down or to give out on account of 
abuse, too long use, or any one of many causes, and 
such a break-down occurring during a rush of business 
is always annoying and is generally the cause of severe 
pecuniary loss. Messrs. Mills and Gilmour are gener- 
ally able to do repairing so quickly as to prevent very 
serious delay, for both members of the firm are experi- 
enced mechanics, and the most improved tools and ap- 
pliances, and the services of half a dozen skilled assist- 
ants are available. Their shop at No. 27 Commercial 
Street is fitted up with all necessary machinery, driven 
by steam power, and work can be done at moderate 
rates as well as at short notice. Messrs. Mills & Gil- 
mour deal in new and second hand machinerj', engines, 
boilers, etc., and are agents for Snyder's Upright Drill 
Machines, also for machines and tools of all kinds, and 
not only quote low prices, but guarantee everything to 
prove precisely as they represent. 

H. S. KALEE & CO., Fashionable Millinery, 
441 Congress Street, Portland, Me. It is not at all sur- 
prising that the millinery business should have reached 
very large proportions in this city, for in addition to the 
extensive local trade there is a heavy out of town patron- 
age, and this patronage is bound to continue to in- 
crease as it becomes more plainly evident that the leading 
Portland millinery houses can successfully compete with 
those of New York, in catering to non-resident patrons. 
The firm of H. S. Kaler & Co. was formed overjtweuty-fi ve 
years ago, and is very favorably known in connection 
with the handling of millinery, for this concern do au 
extensive retail business, which was formerly both 
wholesale and retail in character. The premises utilized 
are located at No. 441 Congress Street, and cover an 
area of some 1,800 square feet, aftordiug .ample room for 
the carrying of a very heavy stock of millinery goods of 
every description. There are six competent assistants 
employed, and there is no really fashionable novelty in 
the millinery line but what may be obtained here as 
soon as It is placed upon the market, and the fact that 
the customers of H. S. Kaler & Co. include the most 
tasty and careful dressers, indicates that the policy of 
the firm in this respect is appreciated, as is also the 
courteous and prompt attention shown to callers, and 
the prompt filling of orders. 

GEOEGE L. WAEEEN, Dealer in Gent's 
Furnishing Goods, and Manufacturer of Fine Shirts, 
Junction of Middle and Federal Streets, Opposite U. S. 
Hotel, Portland, Me. It is a familiar fact that it is not 
as a general thing those who spend money most lavishly 
for clothing who are the most attractively dressed, but 
rather those who, although begrudging no reasonable 
expense in the purchasing of outer garments give these 
a secondary place and pay special attention to the selec- 
tion of the many requisites grouped under the head of 
" Gent's Furnishings," or in other words it is in the 
minor details of the costume that the well-dressed man 
excels, and the great and increasing popularity of the 
establishment conducted by Mr. George L. Warren, at 
the junction of Middle and Federal Streets, is the 
natural result of the abundant opportunity there given 
to provide such details to the best possible advantage. 
This business was founded a good many years ago, and 
the present proprietor has been identified with it since 



the firm of Jordan & Warren succeeded Marr Brothers 
in 1873. Mr. Warren constantly carries a heavy and 
complete stock including the latest fashionable novel- 
ties in gents' furnishings, so that correct styles are as- 
sured to those placing orders at this well-managed store, 
which has one of the best locations in the city, it being 
opposite the U. S. Hotel, on a prominent corner. Fine 
shirts will be made to order at short notice ; fit, style, 
and price being guaranteed satisfactory. Prompt atten- 
tion is assured to every caller, employment being given 
to 2 courteous assistants. 

WM. BUREOWES, Contractor and Builder, 
Manufacturer of Builder's Finish. Office and Mill, foot 
of Preble St. Without disputing the fact that it is not 
always good policy to award a building contract to the 
lowest bidder it may still be maintained that the posses- 
sion of facilities which enable one to figure very low on 
building work will go very far to ensure success In that 
line of business, and when to the possession of such 
facilities is joined long experience and entire responsi- 
bility a high degree of success is practicallv assured. 
Therefore it is perfectly natural that Mr. William Bur- 
rowes should occupy a very prominent position among 
the Contractors and Builders of this section of the State 
for he has had years of experience, operates a thor- 
oughly equipped mill for the manufacture of Builder's 
Finish, and bears an enviable reputation for enterprise 
and integrity. Mr. Burrowes' office and mill are at the 
foot of Preble St., and those contemplating building 
operations should give him a call, or at least communi- 
cate with him by mail for he is in a position to figure 
very closely on plans and specifications and to thor- 
oughly carry out every agreement made. 

INSURANCE, John E. Dow, Agent, No. 48 
Exchange St., Portland, Me. The amount of insurance 
placed through Portland agencies is even larger than 
would be supposed from the great amount of insurable 
property in that city for the superior facilities enjoyed 
by the more prominent Portland Insurance houses en- 
able them to offer such pronounced advantages that a 
large proportion of the insurance on property within a 
radius of some miles from the city is placed through 
them. One of the oldest established and best known 
of these agencies is that conducted by Mr. John 
E. Dow, at No. 48 Exchange St., it having been 
founded a third of a century ago and having gained 
a most enviable reputation for the equitable adjust- 
ment and prompt payment of losses as none but 
honorable and thoroughly responsible companies have 
been represented from the first and the management use 
their best efforts to bring about the early and just settle- 
ment of cl.aims. The simple fact that this agency has 
paid one and one-half millions of dollars for losses, to 
the people, shows at once its long standing and the 
magnitude of its operations. Business was begun in 
1858 by Messrs. Dow & Son, and in 1861 the present 
proprietor assumed sole control. He is a native of New 
Brunswick, and is one of the most widely known of all 
our Portland business men. Mr. Dow holds a commis- 
sion as Notary Public and also as Justice of the Peace 
and Quorum. He is prepared to place large or small 
lines of insurance in the best companies at short notice 
and at low rates, and any desired information will 
cheerfully be given on application in person or by mail. 
Among the more prominent companies represented may 
be mentioned the following: Mechanics & Traders, of 
New-Orleans, La., established in 1809; Equitable Fire 
and Marine, of Providence, R. I., established In 18.59; 
Pacific Fire Insurance Company, of New York, estab- 
blished in 18.11; United St.ates Fire Insurance Company, 
of New York, established In 1824 ; New York Bowery 
Fire Insurance Company, of New York, established in 
1833. 



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WILLIS G. PARKER, Druggist and Apoth- 
ecary, A full Hue of Patent Medioiiies, Drugs. Toilet 
Articles and Fancy Goods. Especial attention given to 
Physicians' Prescriptions, corner of Clark and Danforth 
Streets. Portland, >Ie. — People are very apt to wonder 
how the proprietor of a "general store" can keep track 
of all the articles he handles, and are not slow to excuse 
the frequent mistakes made in such establishments, on 
the ground that errors are unavoidable under such cir- 
cumstances, and yet we question if the average general 
store contains a much larger variety of articles than may 
be found in a first-class modern pharmacy, such a one 
for instance as is conducted by Mr. Willis G. Parker, .at 
the corner of Clark and Danforth streets. The extreme 
rarity of errors in a well equipped drug store speaks 
volumes for the ability and care of those having such 
establishment in charge — but the public accept this con- 
dition of affairs as a nratter of course, and give but little 
credit to those to whom credit is due. Mr. Parker suc- 
ceeded Mr. Lamsoi) in his present business in ISSO. He 
gives si)ecial attention to his prescription trade, and 
spares no pains to fill all orders in this department in an 
absolutely accurate manner and at very reasonable rates. 
The store in use is 20x40 feet in size. an<l contains a fine 
stock of drugs, chemicals and patent medicines, together 
with fancy goods and toilet articles of every description. 
A competant and reliable assistant is employed and every 
customer is given immediate and courteous attention. 



JOHN TRACY, Dealer in Furnishing Goods, 
Iron Sinks, etc., .Tob VVork in Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper, 
etc., done witn neatness and dispatch, second-hand 
stoves bought and sold, No. 505 Fore, corner Cotton .St., 
Portland, Me. — The establishment conducted by Mr. 
.lohn Tracy is without doubt very widely and favorably 
known throughout this section, for it has been under- 
way for more than thirty years. Mr. Tracy is a manu- 
facturer and dealer in kitchen furnishing goods, iron 
sinks, etc. He buys and sells secondhand stoves and 
no doubt there are many who have found here just what 
they needed for a special purpose, have felt that they 
had secured a bargain. He not only deals in kitchen 
furniture, and other articles in that line, but he is also 
prepared to do job work in tin, sheet iron, copper, etc. 
We need hardly speak of the advantages to be gained by 
entrusting any piece of work (which may require the 
services of Mr. Tracy,) to him, as it must be evident 
that one with his many years of experience is fully cap- 
able of doing it thoroughly and neatly. The premises 
occuiiied are located at 505 Fore street and will measure 
about 800 feet. Mr. Tracy has constantly on hand 
ready for use packers' supplies. His terms are very mod- 
erate and orders are attended to with promptness. 



JOHN W. CHANDLER, Haiwss Maker, 
123 1-2 Commercial .Street, (Up Stairs) Portland, Me. — 
During the thirty-nine years that Mr. .John W. Chandler 
has carried on business in Portland his productions have 
become so generally known and so highly esteemed 
throughout this section that nothing tliat we can say 
concerning them will be news to our Portland readers, 
but as this article will be read by many outside this city, 
we may say that the main distinguishing characteris- 
tic of the harness made by this gentleman, is reliability. 
His goods prove just as represented, — there is no guess 
work about the matter — they are carefully made from 
selected material, and hence will wear we'll, look well 
and prove the cheapest to use in the long run. Mr. 
Chandler was born iu Portland, and founded his business 
in 1851. His shop is located at No. 123 1-2 Commercial 
street, up stairs — and contains all necessary facilities for 
harness making, repairing, cleaning, etc. The prices 
are uniformly moderate, and custom orders will be filled 
Id a thoroughly workmanlike manner at short notice. 



MRS. S. HUNTER, Groceries and Meat, I 
4.55 Fore Street, Portland, Me.— There are about as many I 
theories as to the best way of doing business, as there 1 
are i)eoi)le interested enough in the subject to talk about 
it, but after all no improvement has been made on the 
good old fashioned plan of giving every customer a fair 
equivalent for his money, and treating hira in such a 
manner that renders it not only profitable, but pleasant 
to come again. Such have been the methods pursued by 
5Irs. Hunter since she established this business in issi]. 
Her success has been prominent enough to justify the 
pride she feels in her business, and to encourage her con- 
tinuance in the same. Her judgment is excellent in se- 
lecting her stock, whicli contains an assortment of gro- I 
ceries and meats that are in demand by every family, ■ 
and if they were not served satisfactoiily liere they 
would not patronize her to such an extent. " The prem- 
ises are about SOO feet in dimensions. Every efl'ort is 
used to serve all promptly and at the lowest prices. 



McCUE & WALSH, Dealers in Coal, Hard 
and Soft W'ood, Slabs and Edgings, Nos. 19 and 21 
Pleasant .Street, Portland, Me. — ('oal and wood being 
among the most useful of the commodities in every day 
use, it follows that all are interested in knowing where 
to buy them to the best advantage, and so far as Port- 
land and vicinity are concerned, this point can be easily 
settled by dealing with McCue & Walsh for this firm 
make a specialty of handling coal, hard and soft wood, 
slabs and edgings, and are prepared to quote bottom • 
prices on strictly reliable stock. The premises utilized I 
are located at Nos. 19 and 21 Pleasant street, and have 
been conducted by its present proprietors since 18S3. 
They maintain a well equipped establishment carrying 
at all times a heavy stock of coal, hard and soft wood of 
all kinds. The firm is made up of Messrs. P. V. McCue 
and E. D. Walsh, both of whom are well known tlirough- 
out Portland and vicinity. Buying in large quantities, 
and doing an extensive retail business, the concern are 
in a position to easily meet all competition, and take es- 
pecial pains to deliver orders promptly and accurately 
as promised. Family trade is given particular attention, 
and efforts are made to thoroughly satisfy every custo- 
mer. The success of this house is due to the just and 
honest dealings pursued by its proprietors during the 
past eight years. 

J. VICKERY, Florist, 261 Spring Street, Port- 
land. Me. — The great increase in the demand for flowers 
of late years is one of the most noticeable indications of 
the pronounced gain in culture which is so evident on 
every side and \vliich is so astonishing to foreign critics 
of this country, who are unable to understand how cul- 
ture can be so general In a land where pr.actically every- 
one works for a living atid there is no recognized aris- 
tocracy. Flowers are now in demand for all occasions, 
whether of joy or of sorrow, and every one who goes 
Into society at all will find it very useful to know where 
appropriate floral designs can be obtained without delay 
and at moderate rates. Many residents of Porllaml and 
vicinity are already acquainted with the estalilisbrinMit 
of Mr. J. VIckery, at No. 2G1 Spring street, for this cuter- 
prise was started in 1870 and has long held a leading 
position. It has been carried on since 18S7 by Mr. .1. H. 
Vickcry, son of the original pr(>])rletor, and It Is but fair 
to saj' that the enviable reput.ition of the undertaking 
lias been fully maintained under the present manage- 
ment. Very spacious and well-equipped greenhouses 
are utilized, and cut flowers, floral emblems, and bedding 
plants are oflered in great variety and at the lowest 
market rates; while the facilities are so extensive that 
the largest orders can be satisfactorily filled at very 
short notice. 



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WM. F. TODD, Dealer in Watches and Jew- 
elry, 431 Congress St., under Odd Fellow's Hall, Port- 
land. >Ie. Silverware, Clocks. Fine Repairing a Spec- 
ialty. It is safe to assert that not one of our local retail 
merchants is more generally and favorably known than 
Mr. William F. Todd, and it is not at all surprising that 
such should be the case for Mr. Todd was born in Port- 
land and has carried on business here for a quarter of a 
century, during which time he has attained a most en- 
viable reputation for integrity and enterprise and has 
built up an extensive and steadily growing trade. He 
served in the army during the Rebellion aud inaugurated 
his present enterprise in 1866, carrying it on alone until 
1878 when the firm of Todd & Morse was formed, Mr. 
Todd resuming sole control in 1884. He utilizes finely 
equipped and centrally located premises at No. 4.31 
Congress St., under Odd Fellow's Hall, and carries a 
very carefully chosen and attractive stock embracing 
Watches and Jewelry, Silverware, Clocks, Spectacles 
and Eyeglasses, etc., the assortment being constantly 
kept complete in every department and including the 
latest and most tasteful novelties in Chains, Charms and 
Jewelry of all kinds. A specialty is made of Fine Re- 
pairing and all work of this kind is assured immediate 
attention and orders can be filled at short notice, em- 
ployment being given to two assistants and every facility 
being provided to enable operations to be carried on to 
the best advantage. Mr. Todd quotes low prices on all 
the goods he handles, and what is still more important 
every article sold by him is sure to prove just as repre- 
sented. 



McMANN & CO., 421 Congres.s St., Port- 
land, Me. Millinery. The establishment conducted by 
McMann & Co., at No. 421 Congress St., Portland, has 
gained a large patronage during the comparitively short 
time that it has been in operation. This store was 
opened in 1890, and its success has been assured from 
the first. The firm is composed of the Misses C. & L. 
McMann aud Minnie J. Kelley, all of whom are natives of 
Portland and very well known, and as first-class milli- 
ners they are not to be excelled. They are in a position 
to communicate with all the fashion centres, and as a 
result everything leaving their establishment is sure to 
be in the prevailing style. The charges made here are 
extremely low when the work is considered, which is 
finished in the best manner, and each individual is given 
consideration as to the style that is best suited to them. 
The premises occupied are 15x50 feet in size and are 
fitted up in a tasteful manner and every convenience is 
at hand for the dispatching of work in the quickest pos- 
sible manner, when the occasion requires. 



WAEEEN P. CHASE, 3 Moulton St., Port- 
land, Me. Millers' Agt. Broker in Flour and Grain. 
The comnjissiou houses of this city, taken as a wliole, 
hive a very high reputation for the making of prompt 
returns and the general carrying out of a perfectly 
honorable business policy, and it is unquestionably a 
fact that Mr. Warren P. Chase has held a leading posi- 
tion in this branch of trade ever since he entered it, 
which was about ten years ago. Mr. Chase is a native 
of N. H., aud was formerly in the wholesale grocery 
business on Commercial St. He is a commission Mer- 
chant, and Broker in Flour and Grain, and that he is well 
adapted to his present line of business is shovcn by the 
extensive trade he enjoys. His oflSce is located at No. 3 
Moulton St., where all commissions are faithfully and 
accurately carried out. Mr. Chase's methods are above 
reproach and as a consequence he has many friends both 
in a business and social way. 



PATRICK & CO., Gorhaiu and Portland 

Expresss, 190 Federal St., also 8(i Union St. Telephone 
163 A. Portland, Me. The old saying '• If you want a 
thing well done do it yourself " has a good deal of truth 
and sound sense in it but tliere are exceptions to the 
rule it lays down as there are to about all other rules 
that can be mentioned, and certainly no argument is 
necessary to establish the fact that it would be foolish 
to carry a bundle yourself when you can send it as 
promptly, as surely aud much more cheaply hy express. 
Of course the value of an express service "is dependent 
more upon its management than upon any other one 
thing and those who have occasion to send parcels to 
Gorham or intermediate points are to be congratulated 
on the existence of so admirable a service as that prov- 
ided by Patrick & Go's Express which runs daily bet- 
ween Portland, Deering, Cumberland Mills, Saccarappa 
and Gorham. Passengers as well as parcels are carried, 
and errands will be done promptly and carefully, all 
orders left at Brown's Stable, No. 190 Federal St., being 
assured prompt attention. The owner of this express is 
Mr. Lewis Patrick and he maintains the service at the 
highest possible standard of efiiciency. 



F. H. KING, 7 Portland St., Portland, Me. 
Meat and Groceries. Among the various trades and oc- 
cupations conducted in our large cities there is none 
that occupies a more important place than that of a 
dealer in Meat and Groceries. The health aud life of the 
whole community depends upon the quality of food 
consumed by the people. The only way to be sure that 
you are obtaining the best quality of meat and grocer- 
ies, is to patronize one who spares no pains to satisfy 
the purchasing public in general, and it is just this 
policy intelligently and completely carried out which 
commends the enterprise conducted by Mr. F. H. Kino- 
to the residents of this section of the city. The premise's 
are located at No. 7 Portland St., Portland, Me. They 
will measure about 500 feet. A competent assistant is 
employed and as we have previously intimated, all 
classes are catered to, and whether your family is laro-e 
or small, delicate or robust, you can trade at this store 
to excellent advantage aud have the satisfaction of 
knowing that you will be given full value for money 
paid in every instance. This business was started in 
1889 by Mr. King who is a native of Portland. He gives 
close personal attention to the details of his afl"airs thus 
assuring prompt service to all customers. 



C. M. LEGEOW, Fancy Goods, .392 Con- 
gress St., Opposite City Hall, Portland, Me. Among 
those Portland establishments which are unquestionably 
entitled to be regarded as leaders in their special line 
mention should be made of that carried on by C. M. 
Legrow at No. 392 Congress St., opposite the City Hall, 
for this is devoted expressly to the sale of Fancy Goods 
and is deserving of especially prominent and favorable 
notice both on account of the magnitude and complete- 
ness of the stock and the prices quoted on the articles 
composing it. The proprietor is a native of Deering, 
Me., aud has been identified with the enterprise in 
question since 1887. The public, particularly the 
feminine portion of it, has long ago discovered that the 
latest novelties and the most attractive styles are al- 
ways to be found at this store, and as the prices are 
invariably in accordance with the lowest market rates it 
is not at all surprising that an extensive and steadily 
increasing business should be done. Employment is 
given to 2 efficient assistants and callers are assured 
prompt and polite attention and afl'orded every oppor- 
tunity to make satisfactory choice from the exception- 
ally complete stock carried. 



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ORIENT ELECTKIC CO., 31 i Exchange St., 
Portland, Me. Horace Greely. when editor of the N. 
Y. Tribune, used to group certain items under the very 
signiJieant heading " Important if True," and were lie 
alive to-day he would most suiely place under that head 
the first notice of a telephone transmitter which was 
claimed to enable conversation to be carried on with 
ease between parties 200 miles apart, to be instantly 
attached to any telephone, to be instantly adjustable to 
all lieights. anil which was offered for sale at a price 
within the means of all. We say he would place the 
first notice under this head, for the truth of the claims 
made coucerniog this instrument is susceptible of proof, 
and any one of our readers may readily satisfy liimself 
on that point if he so desire, either by "testing the trans- 
mitter as applied to store and ofTice telephones or by 
placing it on his own, for the (trient Electric Company, 
who manufacture it will give a free trial, they guar- 
anteeing satisfaction on both short and long distances. 
It was patented October 8, lS8i», by Dr. Kobie Blake of 
Cornish, Me., and the next year the Orient Electric 
Company was organized, with a capital of 8100,000, to 
manufacture it; Dr. Hliikc liciiif; jiresident. The trans- 
mitter or "improved makniiilinne" is thus described: 
"It consists of a tube within a lube, containing a sensi- 
tive diaphragm, or the articulator forming an " air cham- 
ber," which dilluses and eciually presents the sound 
waves, on the transmitter of the telephone, thereby pro- 
ducing perfect sound waves, and preventing concussion, 
and rattling of the telephone transmitter, thereby sav- 
ing the telephone and making it distinct." This de- 
scription is no doubt technically correct but still it fails 
to show the actual value of the attachment, and indeed 
the only way to appreciate that is by practical trial. 
The leading electricians unite in declaring this " a per- 
fect transmitter, leading all others " and the opinion of 
users is well expressed by the following testimonial 
from a representative Portland dry goods house : 

PoRTLAKD, Me . July 1. 1S90. 
Orient Electric Company. City. 

Oentlemen : —We talje great pleaiiure in saying that the telephone 
transmitter wiih which you furnished u?, has accomplished great 
results In facilitating the IransniLssion of messages. Neither distance, 
nor noise, nor confusion appear to be any impediment to the work- 
ing of this instrument. 

Yours truly, Rinis Brothers. 

[Dry Goods.] 



O. E. WOOD, I)ru<r{rist, corner India ami 
Middle Sts.. Portland, Me. Every experienced physi- 
cian will agree that the cure of disease would be much 
more easy than is now the case were the drugs and 
medicines sold by every dealer uniform in character. 
The public are apt to suspect that a physician who 
directs thera to a certain pharmacy does so because he 
receives a percentage of the cost of the medicines sold, 
but this is so seldom the case as to be unworthy of con- 
sideration. The fact is, a physician learns that a cer- 
tain pharmacist obtains his suiiplics from reliable 
sources, renews thera often enough to ))revent serious 
deterioration from age and is skilful and careful in the 
compounding of i)rescription8. .\s these things cnablp 
the eflects of prescriptions put up at his estalilishnient 
to be more accurately prepared than would otherwise 
be possible, and as the (jrofcssioiial reputation of the 
physician is directly dependent upon his prescriptions 
having the desired effect, what more natural than that 
he should direct where they should be compounded? 
Mr. O. K. Wood is one of the most pojjular druggists in 
this section of the city, not only among physicians but 
also the general public, for he has had lung I'Xpcrience 
in the business and his methods are unifoniily rfliablc. 
He was born In Kllsworth, Me., and became identilied 
with his present enterprise in 1887, under the firm name 



of O. E. Wood & Co., it having been inaugurated about 
1870 by Mr. .1. B. Totten. Mr. Wood .assuming sole 
control of the business in 180O. The premises occupied 
cover an area of some "liO .square feet, and are located 
at the corner of India and Middle Sts. Three competent 
assistants are constantly emp'oyed, and a heavy stock 
of drugs, medicines and chemicals is carried, prescrip- 
tions being very carefully compounded at reasonable 
rates. 



SAM'L BLACK, 244 Fore St., corner Frank- 
lin St.. Portland, Me. Dining Koom. It would sur- 
prise many of our readers to learn the number of resi- 
dents of this city who make a regular practice of eating 
all their meals in public dining-rooms, for this habit is 
rapidly gaining in popularity and bids fair to continue 
to do so for a long time to come. The expense is much 
smaller than would naturally be supposed, and the 
service is so much superior to that afforded at the 
average boarding house that comparison is hardly pos- 
sible. <tf course there are dining rooms of which this 
cannot truthfuUj- be said, but there are others which 
deserve the highest praise which can be given them, and 
among this class must be ranked that conducted bj- Mr. 
Sam'l Black, at Xo. 244 Fore St. This establishment is 
excellently prepared to accommodate regular or tran- 
sient boarders, and that Mr. Black spares no pains to 
make it as comfortable as possible for patrons will 
readily be believed by those conversant with his methods. 
The bill of fare is varied and abundant, the cooking 
strictly lirst-class and the service intelligent, obliging 
and prompt. Mr. Black will cheerfully give any desired 
information concerning prices, etc.. on application, and 
such of our readers as maj- decide to avail themselves of 
the accommodations offered will thank us for calling 
their attention to this liberally managed establishment. 
Mr. Black is a native of Deer Isle, Me. He is thoroughly 
conversant with all the detail of his business. His 
prices are very moderate and we can safely guarantee 
satisfaction to every patron. 



GEOEGE S. SYLVESTER, Contractor and 
Builder, 81 Preble St.. Buildings of Every Description 
Built and Repaired, Bridge Building. Mills and Heavy 
Framing a Specialty. Portland, Me. As a class the 
Contractors and Builders of Portland will compare favor- 
ably with those of any other city in the Union, they 
being enterprising and honorable men excellently qual- 
ified to carry out their responsible duties, and it is cer- 
tainly with no intention of disparaging others In the 
same line of business that we call especial attention to 
the facilities possessed by Mr. George S. Sylvester, who 
carries on an undertaking founded 40 years ago it 
having been started in 18.">1. Mr. .Sjivester is a native 
of Harpswell, Me., and is probably .as widely and favor- 
ably known a Contractor and Builder as there is in the 
State, not only on account of his long experience but 
also because he has executed many extensive and im- 
portant commissions to the entire satisfaction of all 
parties concerned. He builds and repairs buildings of 
every description but makes a specialty of Mills and 
Heavy Framing and Bridge building, ami is prepared to 
figure very closely on work of that character and to fill 
the largest orders" at comi)aratively short notice. Plans 
will be drawn up and estimates made on application, 
and we need hardly say that Mr. Sylvester's long ex- 
perience enables him to" figure very accurately on every 
description of building work. His otlice is at Xo. 81 
I'rcble St., and .all communications to that address are 
assured immediate and careful attention. Luml)er is 
dealt in quite extensively and will be furnished in 
quantities to suit at the lowest market rates. 



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J. L. BEACKETT & CO., Trunk aud Bag 
Manufactory. Jobbers and Retailers. J. L. Brackett, 
Geo. Lord. Ladies' Pocket-Books and Satchels. Port- 
land, Me. 265 Middle, and 240 Federal Sts. The con- 
test which has been going on since the close of the 
Civil War, between tLe manufacturers of cannon and 
projectiles and the makers of armor plates, is paralleled 
by that between the athletic and enthusiastic individuals 
commonly and lovingly (?) known as "baggage smash- 
ers '■ and the manufacturers of trunks and travelling 
bags ; for no sooner do the former discover some new and 
more efficient method of battering the baggage entrusted 
to their handling, than the latter, by a new use or arrange- 
ment of material, produce trunks which offer yet more 
resistance to the effects of the ground and lofty tumbling 
which every piece of baggage on a well regulated Amer- 
ican railroad is destined to undergo. Meantime, the 
public pays the bills, and as the way to reduce the ex- 
pense of breakage to a minimum is to purchase trunks 
embodying the latest triumphs of the trunk maker's art. 
We may save money for some of our readers by calling 
their attention to the trunks made and sold by Messrs. 
J. L. Brackett & Co., for this is an old-established firm 
which has waged long and successful war against the 
baggage smashing fraternity and which turns out trunks 
whose interiors are fitted with every convenience and 
whose exteriors are as impervious as a baggage smasher's 
conscience. A full line of trunks, for ladies' and gentle- 
men's use and for inland and ocean traveling, is produced 
and both a wholesale and retail business is done, orders 
being filled without delay and at as low prices as can be 
named on goods of equal merit. Traveling Bags, Va- 
lises, Ladies' Pocket Books, Satchels, etc., are also 
largely dealt in ; a heavy stock being constanly on hand 
to choose from. The warerooms and factory are located 
at No. 26.5 Middle and No. 240 Federal Sts., the store 
occupying one floor and a basement, measuring 30x90 
feet, and the factory including 3 floors extending over 
the whole block. Operations were begun by Messrs. 
Duran & Brackett in 1862, the present firm being con- 
stituted of Messrs. J. L. Brackett and George Lord, and 
having been formed in 1870. Mr. Brackett is a native of 
Windham, Me., and has become very widely and favor- 
ably known during his long business career in this city. 
He is now a member of the Common Council. Mr. Lord 
was born in Falmouth, Me., and has many friends 
throughout Portland and vicinity both in business and 
social circles. 

DE. W. B. MOEEILL, Dentist, No. 491J 
Congress street, Residence, Spring Street, Woodfords, 
Portland, Me. Whatever maj- have been the case in form- 
er days, there is now no excuse for neglecting to have 
the teeth properly attended to, for by the use of anaes- 
thetics and the wonderfully efficient dental instruments 
and appliances now provided, pain is practically ban- 
ished from a well-equipped dental office, and the most 
timid may submit to operations without the least fear 
of suffering. Of course the competency of the operator 
is a most important factor in the case. For no mechan- 
ical facilities can compensate for lack of knowledge 
and skill, and in this connection it is fitting to call atten- 
tion to the fact that Dr. W. B. Morrill is a graduate of a 
first-class dental college and has had large experience 
in his profession. The residents of Portland do not 
need to be told this, as Dr. Morrill has been established 
here since 1878, and is very favorably known ; but many 
strangers visit this city and not a few of them will 
thank us for pointing out a dentist of high standing. 
Mr. Morrill's office is located at No. 491 1-2 Congress 
street, and is very completely fitted up. Callers are 
assured immediate and courteous attention. Appoint- 
ments may be made any time in advance and dental 
work of all kinds is thoroughly and skilfully done at 
moderate rates. 

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ISAIAH DANIELS, Dealer in all kinds of 
Long and Short Lumber, Doors, Windows and Blinds, 
No. 67 Commercial street. — The establishment conducted 
by Mr. Isaiah Daniels, was opened by Mr. B. F. Noble 
and the firm of Noble & Daniels was formed in 1872, 
and during the following year Mr Daniels assumed full 
control of the business. This gentleman is a native of 
New Brunswick. The premises made use of are located 
at No. 67 Commercial street, and comprise a very spa- 
cious store house, and the stock on hand is exceptionally 
large and varied, consisting of long and short lumber of 
all kinds and doors, windows and blinds of various 
kinds. Mr. Daniels does a strictly retail business and is 
in a position to quote bottom prices on all the commodi- 
ties in which he deals, and is indeed well prepared in 
every way to meet all honorable competition. Employ- 
ment is given to two thoroughly competent assistants, 
and great pains are taken to fill and deliver all orders 
promptly and accurately. Mr. Daniels makes it a rule 
to give equal attention to large and small orders. 



POETLAND STEEET SrEINKLING CO., 

Office 52 Exchange St. This Company was incorpo- 
rated in 1886. Caoital 650,000. President. Charles J. 
Chapman ; Treasurer, V. C. Wilson. There is no resi- 
dent of Portland but what appreciates the benefit to 
humanity which the Portland Street Sprinkling Co. 
bestows in keeping the streets in such a comfortable 
condition. Not only is the comfort of the people im- 
proved, but the general health of the community must 
be in a much better condition than when the dust and 
dirt of our streets is being inhaled by every breath. 
That this company have been efficient is evident from 
the many words of approval which are heard from the 
many pedestrians who frequent our thoroughfares to 
and from our Depot during the Summer. During the 
Winter season this Company is prepared to do general 
Trucking and other work connected with this business. 
No matter how complete the railway and steamboat 
facilities of a business center may be, the best results 
cannot be attained unless ample teaming service is also 
rendered. The office of this Company is conveniently 
located at 52 Exchange St., Portland, Me. Although a 
very large business in done it is easily handled with the 
extensive facilities available. The horses and vehicles 
used are kept in a first-class condition, and the system 
in operation is so perfect as to render mistakes and an- 
noying delays very rare. About twenty men are em- 
ployed and "articles of all kinds can be quickly trans- 
ported at moderate prices. 

E. COLLADO, Manufacturer of Fine Office 
Furniture, No. 3 Moulton St., Portland, Me. Of late 
years it has become the fashion to have each residence, 
each store and each office, individual in its character, 
that is, to have each of them so furnished and equipped 
that there is no other like it. The artistic advantages 
of this plan are obvious and there are practical advan- 
tages also, especially where offices are concerned, for 
every man has his own ideas about convenience in 
office furnishings and he can now have them carried out 
to the letter. Of course, care should be taken to place 
the order in good hands, and if it be placed with Mr. E. 
Collado it will be in as good hands as it could be, for 
Mr. Collado makes a specialty of manufacturing fine 
office furniture, also polishing and repairing, and he not 
only turns out first-class work but quotes moderate 
prices also. He was born in Cuba, began his present 
enterprise in 1885, and has built up a large and select 
business. Well equipped premises located at No. 3 
Moulton St. are occupied, and estimates and all desired 
information may readily be obtained on application in 
person or by mail. 



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J. S. YORK & SON, Sail Makers, Tents, 
Awnings, Wagon Covers, etc., made to order. Nos. 2, 
3 and 4 Central Wharf, Portland, Me. The business 
carried on under the firm-name of J. S. York & .Son was 
founded more than a third of a century ago, operations 
having been begun bv Messrs. Gould & Vork, in 1S.5G. 
In 1859 the firm of Adams & York assumed control, and 
subsequently Mr. J. S. York became sole proprietor, the 
firm of York & Waite succeeding him, and that being 
succeeded, in 1884, by J. .S. York & Son, which style is 
still retained although since the death of his father, in 
1886, Mr. Fred H. York has been sole proprietor. He is 
a native of Portland, and not only thoroughly under- 
stands his present business but has "fully maintained the 
enviable reputation so long associated with the enter- 
prise of which he has entire control. Sail making of all 
descriptions is done in a thoroughly workmanlike man- 
ner at short notice and at moderate rates, and Teuts, 
Awnings, Wagon Covers, etc., will be made to order in 
first-class style at prices as low as can be named in con- 
nection with good materials and skilful, durable work. 
Very commodious premises, located at Xos. 2, 3 and 4 
Central Wharf are occupied, and sufficient assistance is 
employed to ensure the prompt filling of every order, 
large or small. The work is equal to the best and we 
can confidently guarantee satisfaction to all placing 
orders at this representative establishment. 



N. S. GAEDINER, Real Estate, Mortgages, 
and Loans, Oxford Hlock, 185 Middle St., Room 1, 
Portland. Me. Mr. \. S. Gardiner has been connected 
with his present business here for nearly twenty years. 
He having started in 1872. For a short time he had 
associated with him Mr. Roberts, but the greater part 
of the while he has controlled the business entirely 
alone. He is a native of Maine, and is well-known as a 
strictly honorable business man. He is well informed 
on real estate in this vicinity, and those who have 
occasion to engage services of this nature will do well 
to secure those.of tills gentleman. He is also prepared 
to assume the care of i)roperty, collect rents and place 
insuraiKo on same, and also deals in stocks in bonds. 
The office occupied by Mr. Gardiner is located at No. 
185 Middle Street, room 1. It is well-appointed and 
conveniently situated, and all visitors are treated 
courteously, and orders are promptly and accurately 
carried out, a list of furnished and unfurnished apart- 
ments, houses, and stores can alwaj's be found here. 



KINGSLEY'S EXPRESS, Yaniioutli and Port- 
land, New England Despatch, 8G Union St.. Portland, 
Me. Telephone 1G3 A. It is difficult to realize that the 
express service of this country is of very recent origin, 
comparatively speaking, for we have become so accns- 
tomi'd to it that we accept it as a matter of course, 
much the same as we do the mail service, but as a mat- 
ter of fact there was no express service in tlie I'nited 
.States in the early part of the present century, and 
there are men now alive who can remember when tlie 
first express route was established. One of the most 
useful and pojiularof those now running out of Portland 
is that known as Kingsley's Kxprcss which makes daily 
trips between Portiaiid and Yarmouth, stopping at Cum- 
berland and Falmouth. This route is owned by Mr. 
Edwin Kingsley and the service is so reliable, jjrompt 
and elUclent and the charges are so moderate tliat it is a 
great favorite with the public. Both passengers and 
parcels are carried, and goods will be bought and anj' 
other commission of the kind executed carefully and 
accuratelv. The Portland headquarters are at New 
England "Dispatch Office SO Union St., and Brown's 
stable, No. 100 Federal St. 



ABIEL M. SMITH & CO., Fish Inspectors, 
Custom House Wharf. Portland, Me.— Mr. Abiel M. Smith 
is a native of Boothbay, Maine. — and for more than thirty 
years has been actively engaged in business in Port- 
land, although the enterprise with which he is now 
identified is of quite recent origin, it having been estab- 
lished in 1S7S. Mr. Smith began operations as a mem- 
ber of the firm of Lewis & Smith, in 1859, in the retail 
clothing business, and in 18G3 the firm of A. .M. Smith & 
Co. was formed. In 1874 the wholesale clothing house 
of Smith, .Morgan & Butler was organized, and in 1'<7G 
Mr. Smith retired from that concern, forming the firm 
of Abiel M. Smith & Co., Fish Inspectors, and dealers iu 
ship stores and chandlery, iu 1878. The premises now 
utilized by this concern are located on Custom House 
Wharf and are fitted up with all facilities necessary in 
order to carry on fish inspection operations to the best 
advantage. Mr. Smith is i)roprietor of a beautiful sum- 
mer resort property on Little Diamond Island, consisting 
of 35 acres of beautifully situated land, in full view of 
city and harbor, on which land are about twenty cot- 
tages which are leased to cottagers during the summer 
months. Mr. Smith proi)oses to place upon the market 
soon some of the finest lots for summer residences that 
can be found on the coast of Maine. 

F. H. BUTLER, Manufactiirors' Agent, 
and Jobber in Millinery Goods. Representing Wni. S. 
Butler & Co., Boston, Mass., 122 Congress Street, Port- 
land, Me.— One important branch of business is that of 
wholesale millinery. In this connection we must 
not omit to mention tlie enterprise iu which Mr. Fiauk 
H. Butler is engaged. He has established himself at Xo. 
422 Congress street, as a manufacturers' wholesale 
agent for the sale of millinery and fancy goods, and 
those who deal in these articles will find it greatly to 
their advantage to pay him a visit liefore going a greater 
distance. He will show a carefully selected assortment 
of all the new stj-les which the market afiords in the 
line of millinery and fancy goods. Mr. Butler's arrange- 
ments with the well known and eminent millinery con- 
cern of Wm. S. Butler & Co., of Boston, are such that 
at all times lie can show the desirable portion of their 
entire line and can offer special bargains generally 
throughout the season. 

Mrs. M. a. BOSWORTIT. Fashionable Jill- 
liuery, 228 Middle St., Portland, Me. This is one of tli.> 
old and well known establishments where so many have 
purchased their Millinery for years to their satisfaction 
both as to style and price. It was founded about twenty- 
five (25) years ago. Mrs. M. A. Bosworth who is the 
proprietress of this store is a native of this city, and ^hc 
has built up an extensive business through her iieiuli:ir 
fitness for the occupation. There are many ladies u ho 
depend entirely upon the taste and judgment of their 
Milliner, and when they are cornplinn iited upon having 
a becoming bonnet feel that they have made no mistakr 
in following her advice. It is thus that Mrs. Bosworth 
has retained so many of her customers for so long :i 
time, she studies to suit her bonnets to the individuals. 
The premises are located at No. 228 Middle St., Portliimi, 
Me., and they measure 20x00 feet. Kmployment is giviMi 
to eiglit assistants wlio are competent to fill all orders 
for custom work at short notice. A beautiful assort- 
ment of fine Millinery is on hand to select from, and as 
it includes the latest fasliionable novelties it is wortliy 
the inspection of tlio most critical. Custom work is 
given special attention and the taste and skill shown in 
this department warrant our guaranteeing satisfaction to 
every customer. The charges will be found uniformly 
moderate, and a call at the store, cor. of Middle ami 
Union Sts., will repay anyone. 



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MAINE ASPHALT EOOFING & PAVING 

Co., Agents for American Bituminous Rock Asphalt, 
For Street Paving, Sidewallis, Floors, Etc.. also 
Warren's Natural Asphalt Rooting Materials. Office 
424 Exchange Street, Portland, Me. Store House, 
Portland Pier. L. \V. Tibbetts, President and General 
Manager; A. C. Libby, Treasurer. The question of 
what constitutes the best pavement for streets is a much 
more complex one that would be supposed at first 
thought, for manj- and various factors must be con- 
sidered, and each of the standard pavements has its 
points of superiority, but taking everything into con- 
sideration there is no doubt that a skilfully and honestly 
laid asphalt pavement approaches nearer to the ideal 
that any other pavement yet introduced. The chief 
objection to asphalt for paving purposes has always 
been its high cost, but since arrangements have been 
perfected by which the American bituminous rock 
asphalt is obtainable in any desired quantity this 
objection has been done away with, for this asphalt is 
sold at much lower figures than the imported article, 
and it makes as durable a pavement as could be desired. 
The Maine Asphalt Roofing and Paving Co. are agents 
for this material, and can furnish it in quantities to suit 
at short notice, they carrying a large stock at their 
commodious storehouse on Portland Pier. This 
company was organized in 1890, with Mr. L. VV. Tibbetts 
as president and general manager, and Mr. A. C. Libby 
as treasurer. The ofiice is at No. 424 Exchange Street, 
and estimates will be given and work executed on street 
paving, sidewalks, cellar and stable floors, etc. The 
company are also agents for Warren's Natural Asphalt 
Roofing Materials, and are prepared to apply and to 
repair asphalt and composition roofing at short notice. 
Employment is given to tea experienced assistants, and 
the company guarantee all work to be satisfactory and 
quote moderate prices in everj' instance. The following 
extract is from a letter written by Geo. W. Hammond, 
who has charge of the Forest Paper Co., Yarmouthville, 
Maine: — "The experiment with your paving material 
resulted as follows: Sample three days in strong black 
liquor, shows no loss; sample three days in strong 
caustic soda liquor, shows a loss of li^, per et. 



G. D. EOBINSON, Caterer, Ice Cream, Cake 
and Pastry, weddings and private parties supplied at 
short notice, No. 657 Congress Street, Portland, Me. — 
Few things are more mortifying and exasperating than 
to have a ball, party or wedding collation prove unsatis- 
factory on account of the food furnished being of inferior 
quality or the service being inefficient, and as the en- 
gagement of an incompetent or unreliable caterer is sure 
to bring about one or both of these results it is well to 
use very careful discrimin;ition in the pl.acing of orders. 
Of course the safest and most sensible course to take is 
to patronize an establishment of long standing and high 
repute, and not one in Portland better merits this de- 
scription than that carried on by Mr. G. D. Robinson, at 
No. 657 Congress street, for the business of which he is 
proprietor was founded 80 years ago and has held a lead- 
ing position for fully three-quarters of a century. The 
founder, Mr. David Robinson, was the first caterer in 
the city to put in a stock of ice and he made the first ice 
cream ever made in Maine — thus establishing a reputation 
for enterprise which has been well maintained by Mr. R. 
L. Robinson, Mr. Joseph Partington, and others who 
succeeded him. The present proprietor is a native of 
Portland and assumed control of the enterprise in 1887. 
He deals in ice cream, cake and pastry of the verj' choic- 
est quality, and makes a specialty of catering for wed- 
ding and private parties, being prepared to execute all 
commissions at short notice, at reasonable rates and in a 
manner that will give satisfaction to the most critical. 




TEMPLE STREET MARBLE WORKS, H. 

F. Thompson, Proprietor. Monuments, Tablets, Grave- 
stones and Monumental Work of Everv Description, 22 
Temple St., Portland, Me. Between Federal and Middle 
Streets. Mr. H. F. Thompson has had time aud 
opportunities almost innumerable to prove the efficiency 
he has attained in his business. A clear eye, steady 
hand, good judgement and experience are all needed, 
and indeed indispensible to one who would become 
proficient as a stone-cutter. Mr. Thompson has been in 
his present place of business for over 15 years. He is a 
native of this city and is very well known both in 
business and social circles. He "manufactures and deals 
in fine monuments, tablets and gravestones. These can 
be made of any kind of stone desired. All varieties of 
cemetery work are done, from the most elaborate designs 
for monuments aud tablets to the plainest headstones, 
and particular attention is given to repairing and clean- 
ing cemetery work. The premises occupied are about 
1500 feet in size, and are located at No. 22 Temple St., 
and between Federal and Middle Streets. Mr. Thompson 
employs none but skilled workmen, and gives close 
personal attention to every piece of work leaving his 
establishment. 

M. B. BOURNE & SON, Slate Roofers. All 
Orders Promptly Attended To. No. 33 Temple Street, 
Portland, Maine. The advantages of slate for roofino- 
purposes are so many and so important that it easily 
takes the lead as a roofing material, and would doubtless 
supersede all others were it not for its comparative high 
first-cost, its weight — which prevents its being used on 
very light structures— and the prejudice against it which 
some persons have on account of the carelessness or 
incompetency of those who roofed the building from 
which they formed their opinion, for slate-roofing must 
be skilfully and carefully done in order to be both 
durable aud ornamental. There is no difficulty in 
getting such work done as it should be provided the 
order be placed in the right hands, and many Portland 
people need not be told that the old-established firm of 
M. B. Bourne & Son do slate roofing in a manner 
unsurpassed by any concern in the country. Among 
the many fine buildings in this city which were slated 
by this firm are the Maine General Hospital, Union 
Depot, Public Library and school buildings. This 
enterprise was started away back in 1855 by Mr. M. B. 
Bourne, and in 1876 the present firm name was adopted. 
Mr. M. B. Bourne dying the same year and the business 
being continued by Mr. Sylvanus' Bourne, the present 
proprietor, who is a native of Portland and is very 
widely and favorable known in this city and vicinity. 
Employment is given to from 5 to 10 assistants, and all 
orders large or small left at or sent to No. 33 Temple 
Street, are assured prompt aud painstaking attention ; 
both new work and repairing being done at moderate 
rates. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



THOMAS COXXOE, Manufacturer of Pul- 
ley Blocks. 1 Silver St., Portland, Me. There are com- 
paratively few business enterprises in Portland that 
have been carried on continously for a quarter of a 
century, while those that have been in existence half a 
century are so rare as to deserve prominent mention for 
that reason alone, but they are common in comparison 
■with those that have been carried on for three-quarters 
of a century or more and prominent among the latter is 
that conducted by Mr. Thomas Connor, for it was estab- 
lished more than 7.5 years ago by Mr. .Tames Farmer, 
who was succeeded by Messrs. Cammett & Connor about 
the year 1823 ; Mr. Thomas Connor assuming control in 
1860. He is a manufacturer of all kinds of Pulley 
Blocks, and during the nearly third of a century that he 
has carried on the business has gained a most enviable 
reputation for doing skilful and entirely reliable work 
and quoting moderate prices at all times. It is unnec- 
essary to dwell upon the importance of using pulley 
blocks that can be fully depended upon in every respect, 
for all who have used such blocks or know what vary- 
ing strains they have to bear and what serious conse- 
quences may follow a breakage, know that too much 
care cannot be taken in their selection. Mr. Connor is 
located at No. 1 Silver St., rear of Commercial St., and 
is prepared to furnish strictly flrst-class blocks at mod- 
erate prices and to fill orders without delay. 

E. S. GRIFFIN, Wood Carver, 36.5 Fore 
St., Portland, Me. There is a peculiar fascination about 
the work of the Wood Carver that it is difficult to resist, 
and, as a matter of course, the more delicate and artistic 
the work done, the more absorbing is the interest with 
■which progress is followed. It seems wonderful that 
anybody could become skilled enough to carve out the 
many beautiful and complicated shapes into which 
wood is carved especially when it is seen that the prin- 
cipal guide followed is only a rough outline sketch. 
There is some very beautiful work of this kind done 
right here in Portland, and if any of our readers have 
occasion to doubt this assertion, let them step into the 
establishment of Mr. K. S. Griffin located at No. .30.5 
Fore St., and they will see some most artistic effects. 
Mr. Griffln has established a most enviable reputation 
for the uniform excellence of the work done at his es- 
tablishment. Wood Carving of all kinds is executed at 
the shortest possible notice, and on most reasonable 
terms. It is the aim of Mr. Griffin to give every order 
prompt and painstaking attention, and to fill the same 
at the lowest cash prices, iind we think customers will 
agree that he succeeds in both of these undertakings. 

EXCHANGE ST. EESTAURANT. J. :\[itfh- 
ell. Proprietor, 78 Exchange St., Portland, Me. Meals 
at all hours. The record made by the Kxihange .'^t. 
Restaurant since it came under the control of the 
present manager in 1887, commends itself very highly 
to the public, and has resulted in building up a large 
and steadily growing patronage. It is coiiveniontly 
located at No. 78 Exchange St., and is very attractively 
fitted up for the comfort of patrons. The proprietor 
Mr. .1. Mitchell is a native of Portugal, and is one of 
the few men who are thoroughly competent to manage 
an establishment of the kind in question. Three assist- 
ants are employed, and the service is prompt, efficient 
and obliging, the food is varied in kind, and excellent in 
quality, and the charges are uniforndy low in price. In 
fact every thing about the place is first-class in every 
respect, and even the "chronic grumbler'' will here flnil 
little cause for complaint. -Mr. Mitchell in summer also 
conducts a branch at "Long Island." lie otters numerous 
and special Inducements to boarders and it will be to 
their advantage to give him a call. He also make a 
specialty of parties, clambakes and shore dinners. 



CHARLES GRI3IMER, Teacher of Violin and 
Guitar, 1804 Middle St., Portland, Me. The violin is 
said to be the most scientifically perfect of any musical 
instrument, and certain it is that no other instrument is 
so responsive and expressive, and so well-adapted to 
the presentation of all kinds of music, from a funeral 
dirge to a lively jig. Many are restrained from learning 
to play the violin by their belief that it is a very difficult 
instrument to master, and undoubtedly its mastery does 
present many difficulties, but so does "that of any musi- 
cal instrument, for mastery comes only from long and 
patient pr.actice guided by one having both taste and 
experience, and it is owing to the lack of such guidance 
that many who attempt to become musicians succeed 
but imperfectly if at all. The aid of a competent and 
devoted tutor is indispensable to the attainment of sat- 
isfactory results, and we take pleasure in recommending 
Mr. Charles Grimmer to those seeking tuition in Violin 
and Guitar playing for Mr. Grimmer is thoroughly 
familiar with both instruments and is not onlj- an ex- 
cellent musician but a very successful teacher as well, 
and we need hardly say that it is by no means every 
musician who has the gift of teaching also. Mr. Grim- 
mer has an office at No. 1804 Middle .St., and by calling 
at or writing to that address any additional information 
that may be desired may easily and promptly be ob- 
tained. 

JOSEPH DOW, ly Cotton St., Carpenter 
and Builder, Portland, Me. The work of the Carpenter 
and Builder may be said to precede that of nearly every 
other trade, for houses and stores must be built before 
they can be occupied and no surer index of the commer- 
cial prosperitj- of a community is known than that af- 
forded by the condition of the building industry. We 
have therefore given this branch of trade considerable 
prominence in this book, and take pleasure in mention- 
ing among the most reliable Carpenters and Builders to 
be found in this vicinity Mr. .Tosepli Dow. This gentle- 
man has been engaged in business in Portland for the 
past twelve years and is well known throughout the 
trade for the good character of his work, and the con- 
scientious manner in which all agreements are carried 
out. The premises utilized are located at No. 19 Cotton 
St., and all necessary facilities are at hand to give 
prompt and skilful attention to orders for building of 
all descriptions. Mr. Dow is a native of Newburyport, 
Mass., and gives cmploj-ment to only competent and 
reliable mechanics; he is very moderate in his prices and 
by using honest material and workmanship has gained 
a high reputation. 

T. B. SHEEHAN, Custom Harness and Col- 
lar Maker, New No. 18 Preble Street, Portland, Maine. 
While no man is to be blamed for trying to purchase 
the goods he requires as cheaply as possible, still it 
should always be remembered that articles of standard 
merit have a much more uniform price than those which 
are simply made to sell, as the saying is, and that the 
lowest priced articles is therefore not necessarily the 
cheapest. This |>rinciple applies to every line of busi- 
ness and particularly to that devoted to the manufacture 
and sale of harnesses, collars, etc., for these goods vary 
greatly in quality, as good material and skilful work- 
manship have to be paid for. Mr. T. B. .Sheehan has 
built up an enviable reputation in the production of the 
above named goods, having been engaged in the business 
for over fifteen years. His shop is located at No. 18 
Preble street, the premises have an area of about 1,000 
feet, while the employment of an experienced assistant 
enables him to serve his customers in a prompt and sat- 
isfactory manner. These articles are oflered at the very 
lowest market rates. Single and double harness, made 
by hand, at prices to suit the times. Scotch cape collars, 
a specialty and warranted to fit. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN 



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C. W. SKILLINGS, Wholesale Millinery and 
Straw Goods, 261] Middle St., Portland, Me. Those 
conversant with the standing of Portland as a purchas- 
ing centre need not be told that man^- of the wholesale 
dealers located in that city are known throughout the 
State and in some instances in adjoining States also, 
and among these mention should be made of Mr. C. W. 
Skillings, who deals at wholesale in Millinery and 
Straw Goods, and during the past five years has built 
up a trade as extended as it is large, for not only are his 
sales large in amount but they are made to customers 
scattered over a wide area of country, and it is a signifi- 
cant fact that the business (which was founded in 1885) 
is still steadily and rapidly Increasing. This gratifying 
condition of afTiirs has not been brought about without 
hard, energetic and intelligent work, but the fact that 
the success has been honestly won is the best possible 
indication of its probable permanency. Mr. Skillings 
handles the productions of the leading manufacturers ; 
oilers the latest novelties as soon as they appear in the 
market, and quotes the lowest prevailing rates at all 
times. He occupies well equipped premises at No. 2G14 
Middle St., employs 2 competent assistants and is pre- 
pared to fill orders at very short notice. Mr. Skillings 
served 4 years in the army, and has a very large circle 
of friends in Portland and' vicinity, he being a native of 
this city and being prominent in social as well as In 
business circles. 

'LINC DAmELS, Professional Taxider- 
mist, Junction of Free and Middle Sts., Portland, Me. 
Stuffing and Mounting all kinds of Animals Heads a 
Specialty. Experto crede. The artistic profession is 
not limited to the work of painters or sculptors, as so 
many people think. A truly artistic man can give to his 
work, whatever its nature, a delicate touch, that another 
might labor for in vain through long years of jiatient 
perseverance. It is so with Taxidermy as with other 
things. Added to an intimate knowledge of the ways 
of birds and beasts, and their anatomy, a talent for re- 
producing them, as if in life, is necessary to him who 
aspires to become a taxidermist. We know of no one 
who is more expert in this diflicult art, than Mr. ' Line ' 
Daniels of this city. He has passed the better part of 
his life in the study of animals and the pursuit of Tas- 
iderm}', and has been in business here for the past thirty 
years. Owing to his long experience, Mr. Daniels is 
prepared to undertake the most difficult and delicate 
pieces of mounting. He makes a specialty of stuffing 
and mounting all kinds of animals heads, and we can 
recommend him to sportsmen with entire confidence that 
the work entrusted to him will prove perfectly satis- 
f actorj- in every detail . The average work of this nature 
is so inferior that it is with pleasure we are able to refer 
our readers to a man who prides liimself in producing 
none but the best. Mr. Daniels gives immediate atten- 
tion to orders, and he is always glad to show callers the 
variety of mounted specimens which he keeps constantly 
on hand. His premises are situated at the junction of 
Free and Middle Sts., and all orders will receive Mr. 
Daniels' personal and careful attention. 

EMPIEE LAUInTDEY, 113 Middle St., Port- 
land, Me. A. E. Nicholson, Proprietor. Work called 
for and delivered. The establishment of public laundries 
in our cities and towns has had a very beneficial effect 
in more respects than one, and as popular as they now 
are it cannot be denied that they would be much more so 
were they all conducted on the same principles that 
characterizes the management of the Empire Laundrj' 
of which Mr. A. E. Nicholson is the proprietor. This en- 
terprise was founded in 1887 and has steadily worked its 
way into public favor and patronage, until now its oper- 
ations have become extensive. Every facility is at hand 



to enable the business to be carried on in the most 
effectual and satisfactory manner. Employment is given 
to four assistants and Mr. Nicholson guarantees the 
best Hand Work in the City at the lowest price consis- 
tent with good workmanship. There are no injurious 
chemicals used, therefore the most delicate fabrics can 
be safely entrusted to this establishment. Orders are 
given prompt attention and goods are called for and 
delivered free. Mr. Nicholson is a native of this city 
and has hosts of friends both in business and social 
circles. 



CHAS. F. DAM, Sign Painter, Specialties, 
Carved, Raised, and Husselled Signs, Banner Painting, 
Glass Advertising Signs, Burnished Gilding on Glass, 
etc., lis Exchange Street, Portland, Me. The prevail- 
ing tendencj' of the business world is in the direction of 
advertising. Year after year more attention has been 
paid to this art (for successful advertising is an art by 
itself), until now the business man or firm that does not 
advertise, more or less extensively, is the pronounced 
exception. By advertising we do not always mean 
using printers ink. That of course is indispensable in 
some business and we would certainly be the last to 
decrj- its merits, but for all that, there are other ways of 
reaching the public eye, and one of the best of these is 
bj- the use of striking and ornamental signs. Such 
work, however, must be well done to be of any enduring 
service, and therefore if you want anything in that line, 
or in fact ornamental painting of anj' description, just 
call on Mr. Charles F. Dam, at No. 118 Exchange Street. 
Mr. Dam has had many j'ears of experience in his line 
of business, and was in charge of the painting depart- 
ment at the Portland Company's Locomotive Works for 
seventeen j'ears, previous to his assuming control of his 
present establishment in 1890. He has every facility at 
his command for the doing of carved, raised, and hus- 
selled signs, also banner painting, glass advertising 
signs, and burnished gilding on glass, etc. This gentle- 
man does not lack skill and experience, as the many 
productions of his artistic abilit.y to be seen throughout 
our city testify. Mr. Dam is a native of Lowell, Me., 
and is well-known throughout Portland as an artist in 
his line, and all orders entrusted to him will be promptly 
executed in the highest style of the art and warranted to 
give satisfaction. 



A. R. WRIGHT & CO., (Successors to H. L- 
Paine & Co.,) Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Anthra- 
cite and Bituminous Coals, No. 353 Commercial Streeti 
B. & M. R. R. Wharf, Portland, Me.— There are very 
few dealers in coal in Portland having better facilities 
than those controlled by A. R. Wright & Co., and conse- 
quently there are very few concerns in a better position 
to offer decided inducements to customers. The business 
now carried on by this firm was established over thirty 
years ago by H. L. Paine & Co. who were succeeded by 
the present firm in 1889. Mr. A. K. Wright who is a 
member of the firm of Moore & Wright, Dredging 
Contractors, is a native of New York State. His 
coal office and yards are located at No. 353 Com- 
mercial street, near B. & M. R. E. Wharf — storage 
is here provided for from 10,000 to 15,000 tons 
of coal, and a very extensive stock of Anthracite 
and Bituminous coals are constantly carried, as 
well as a large stock of wood and kindlings and both a 
wholesale and retail business is carried on. Employ- 
ment is given to from eight to ten assistants, and the 
methods used in the delivery of orders are so complete 
and extensive that the lai'ge business done is easily 
handled, all orders being filled at short notice — and every 
eftbrt made to ensure against mistakes, and the rates 
charged are the lowest to both large and small buyers. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



X. G. FESSENDEy, Newsdealer and Stationer, 
Opposite Preble House, 484 Congress Street, rortland, 
We. It is just about forty years since the business now 
condueted by Mr. X.G. Fessenden was founded, it having 
been inaugurated by Mr. Xathan Fessenden in 1851. In 
1857 the film of Fe-'senden & Son was formed, and was 
succeeded in 1805 by Fessenden Bros., the present 
proprietor assuming sole control in 1877. He is a native 
of Portland, and considering the nature of his business 
ard the length of time he has been identified with it, it 
is hardly necessary to add that he is extremely well- 
known throughout" the city. The premises made use of 
are located at No. 4S4 Congress Street, opposite the 
Preble House, and have an area of about 1,500 square 
feet, thus giving ample opportunity for the carrying of 
a large stock of fashionable and business stationery, 
writing materials and office supplies in general, as well 
as a complete assortment of the standard periodicals and 
daily and weekly papers. Mr. Fessenden is the leading 
newsdealer of the city, and the delivery service main- 
tained by him excites much favorable comment, it being 
exceptionally prompt and uniformlj' reliable at all times 
of the year. Moderate prices are quoted in every 
department of the business, and those wishing anything 
in Mr. Fessenden's line will best serve their own inter- 
ests by giving him a call. 

C. G. KENXEY, Practical Pianoforte Mover, 
Office, 194 Federal Street, opposite Advertiser Office, 
Portland, Me. Order Slates at Stockbridge's, W. L. 
Wilson & Co.'s, and Corner Cross and Free Streets. 
Teleplione, No. 759-B. I'esidence. 173 Oxford Street. 
Ben. Franklin said that " three removes are as bad as a 
fire," but in Ben's day they did not have the facilities 
for moving that we i)Osse.ss, so that saying no longer 
holds good, although it is a fact that if you don't entrust 
your goods to the riglit parties, a single " remove'' may 
do them uj) worse than an ordinary fire. Still there is 
no excuse for Portland people who entrust their orders 
to incompetent hands, for during the more than ten 
years that Mr. C. G. Kenney has been in business here 
as a piano and furniture mover he has won an enviable 
reputation for carefulness and promptness, and it is 
generally known that he i)ossesses exceptional facilities 
for the satisfactory filling of orders. He is a native of 
Maine, served in the army during the rebellion, and has 
a very large circle of friends throughout Portland and 
vicinity. Pianos and furniture will be jiackcd in the 
most secure manner for transportation by rail or 
steamer, and furniture will be moved in and out of the 
city at very short notice, employment being given to 
from 5 to 12 assistants. Mr. Kenny's oflUe is at No. 
194 Federal Street, opposite Advert i.-tr OHice, and there 
are order slates at Stockbridge's and W. T,. AVilson & 
Co.'s. Orders left at his residence. No. 17.'i Oxford St., 
are assured prompt and careful attention, as are also 
those sent by mail or telephone to No. 750-1!. Mr. Kenney 
is thoroughly responsible, and there is no reason to 
hesitate trusting the most costly and delicate furniture 
to liis care. 

JOHN F. PEOCrrOI!. Dealer in Real Estate, 
No. 9.S Exchange Street, Portland, Me. Among tlie 
most popular and reliable rci)resentatives of realtj' 
interests in this city may be mentioned tlie name of Mr, 
J. F. Proctor, of 9."? Exchange Street, Portland, Me., and 
none engaged in this line sustain a higher reputation, 
and few receive a larger measure of merited recog- 
nition. Mr. I'roctor, who is a native of this place, and 
the ]iroprietor of the jildest real estate business in Port- 
land — having been in l)usiness here since ISfi.'i — has from 
tlie first enjoyed a libtral and substantial j)atronage. 
He transacts a general line of business, buying, selling. 



and exchanging houses, farms, building lots, and other 
form of real estate, improved and unimproved property 
of all kinds, negotative, loan on land and mortages, 
efl"ects safe investments, attends to the collection of 
rents and management of estates, etc., while a capable 
and efficient assistant is also employed. He is likewise 
tlioroughly conversant with all the legal form and 
technicalities incident to the transfer of "projierty, and 
altogether a large and flourishing business is done, both in 
the line of city and country Mr. Proctor has facilities for 
tlie purchase, sale, and lease of all descriptions of houses, 
flats, and business property, and those in search of 
something that will suit them, are sure to find what they 
want in the large variety ofl'ered by him from which to 
select, and which represents values to suit every 
investor, from tlie man of moderate means who wants a 
home, to the capitalist who seeks a productive outlet for 
surplus resources. 



STEPHEN JOHNSON, Restaurant and Dining 
Hall, 43 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. The old 
saying about trying to fit square pegs into round holes 
is familiar to every one, and yet the lesson it teaches 
seems to be lost totally on the many who try to run a 
restaurant, when thej' are fitted neither by nature nor 
by experience for the successful discharge of the duties 
attached to such a position. To carry on even a small res- 
taurant is by no means so easy as many are disposed to 
believe, while to conduct such an establishment as that 
owned by Mr. .Stephen Johnson — as it should be con- 
ducted — ^is a task beyond the power of all but a few. 
This establishment was opened by the present proprietor 
in 1871. The premises are located at No. 43 Exchange 
.Street, and accommodations can be made for (!S guests. 
From 11 to 15 competant assistants are employed, and 
the service of this house is first-class in every "respect. 
The bill of fare is varied, and the food furnished is the 
best the market afl'ords, and the cooking is uniformly 
and exceptionally satisfactory. Mr. Johnson is a native 
of Portland, and is without doubt a very popular gentle- 
man. 



T. F.LORD, IMannfacturinj; Confectioner, Bon- 
bon and Chocolate Novelties, 5(U! and 486 Congress St., 
Portland Maine. The diftlculty of making fine confec- 
tionery has been proved over and over again by the 
dismal failures of amateur confectioners. It is easy 
enough to make plain sugar or molasses candy at home, 
but the delicate and beautiful bon-bons whicli are now 
called for more than any other variety, need a master 
hand, and no inexperienced person need try to make 
them. Elaborate machinery is necessary to attain satis- 
factory results, besides a great variety of the best 
materials. A leading confectionery establishment, to 
which we desire to call our readers' attention, is that of 
Mr. I. F. Lord. The business was started by .Mien 
Oow, who was succeeded by the present proprietor in 
1880. Mr, Lord carries on two large establishments, 
one at 5Gfi Congress St., and the other at 4Sil Congress 
St. The former occupies two floors, one of I5x()0 feet, 
the other of 30x(>0 feet dimensions, while the latter 
covers an area of 20x75 feet. Mr. Lord employs seven 
assistants, who, under his directions, manufactures the 
most delicate and tempting diocolates, and ditVerent 
kinds of choice confectionery. Neither trouble nor 
expense is spared to render these of uniform excellence, 
and equal to any that can be had in tlie market. Orders 
are executed promptly, and customers are assured of 
immediate attention. The business is entirely retail, 
and the prices quoted are extremely low for strictly 
reliable and first-class goods. 



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BUSINESS MEN'S COMMEECIAL EM- 
PLOYMENT EXCHANGE of Portland Me,, 385 Con- 
gress Street, Contractor's Headquarters for Help, south- 
ern Headquarters, Louisville, Ky. New Brunswick and 
Xova Scotia help a specialty. — The establishment con- 
ducted b}- Mrs. W. A. Shepherd at No. 38.5 Congress 
street, is wortliy of particularly prominent and favorable 
mention in a review of Portland's mercantile and indus- 
trial enterprises, the facilities ott'ered being excepticnally 
complete and reliable. It being the headquarters of the 
Commercial L'nion and Land Emigration, and also Em- 
ployment Bureau. It is carried on under a mutual benefit 
system, and has sixty-five established oflices in the dif- 
ferent cities of the United States and Canada, and is the 
largest and most complete establishment of the kind in 
the world. Positions are obtained for members of the 
union — according to the rules etc., given below. Fees 
charged on application, membership cards issued. Class 
A — cashiers, book-keepers, stenographers, accountants, 
translators, janitors, watchmen, etc. Application fee §5. 
All offices no extra charge. Class B — Time-keepers, 
collectors, type-writers, bar-tenders, salesmen, engi- 
neers, clerks,"etc. Application fee .§3, all offices. Class 
C — Porters, Packers, waiters, cooks, drivers, teamsters, 
butchers, coachmen, carvers, gardners, florists, etc. 
Application fee $2, all offices. Class D— Lumbermen, 
laborers, farmers, cash, messenger and bell boys. Appli- 
cation fee .$1. Transportation advanced if reliable and 
competent parties. Office hours, 7 a. m., to G p. m., ex- 
cept on Thursdays and Saturdays. When to accommo- 
date men working during business hours we keep open 
until 9 p. m. Purely a membership system. Notice. — 
We give written contracts to applicants that guarantees 
the use and privilege of the office for ninety days, and 
the right to accept or reject situations for that term, and 
also gives the applicant the benefits of all branch and 
associate offices. And in case the bureau fails to secure 
a desirable and suitable situation within ninety days 
from day, one-half the fee paid will be refunded, the 
the same to be due and will be paid the applicant on the 
first of the month subsequent to the expiration of ninety 
days; the balance to be retained by the bureau to cover 
advertising and canvassing expenses. Be sure and 
understand tliis condition. We emploj' competent 
canvassers at all offices to work for our applicants. 
More wanted. Class A — Cashiers, book-keepers, travel- 
ling companioQS, copyists, stenographers, operators, 
managing house-keepers, etc. Application fee 85, good 
at all offices. Class B — Clerks, salesladies, nurses, 
ladies' and parlor maids, dressmakers, milliners, etc. 
Application fee §3, all offices. Class C— Head cooks, 
laundresses, seamstresses, pantry and linen room women, 
waitresses, chambermaids, cooks, etc. Application fee 
$1, all offices. Class D— General house girls, scrubbers, 
dish washers, etc. Application fee 50 cents. Fares ad- 
vanced when consistent. In making application, state 
name in full, address, description of situation wanted, 
name of last employer, names of references, experience, 
why left last employment, age, nationality, language 
spoken, married or single. A complete record of each 
applicant is filed andean be consulted any time. Domestic 
department fees charged. Membership cards good for 
full office and advertising facilities. One month, $1 ; 
three months, $2; sis months, $4; one year, $6. We 
make a practical investigation of references and only 
book those whose credentials are above par. We send a 
servant on trial, if not found satisfactory after one week 
we send another, and so on until the employer is satis- 
fied. We book applications solely on these conditions. 
With your co-operation we will be able to do so. Special 
rates to hotels, shops, restaurants and boarding houses, 
Don't expect too much too quick and all will be well. 
Particular attention is also given to buying and selling 
real estate, and those having business of this kind to 
transact can best serve their interests by communicating 



with the establishment in question, for further informa- 
tion and particulars apply to Mrs. W. A. Shepherd, local 
manager, 385 Congress street. 

ARTHUE T. HALL & CO., Wholesale and 
Retail Dealers in Fine Groceries and Teas, 34 and 30 
Milk St., Portland, Me. It is a pleasant task to chronicle 
the continued success of an enterprise inaugurated many 
years ago, always carried on in accordance with progres- 
sive and honorable methods, and steadily increasing in 
patronage and influence. Such an undertaking is that 
conducted by Messrs. Arthur T. Hall & Co., at Nos. 34 
and 3G Milk St., and so thoroughly does it deserve its 
present prosperity that its high standing is as much of a 
credit to the community as to the proprietors of the 
business in question. This establishment was originally 
started in 1860, by Mr. Arthur T. Hall, and so con- 
ducted until 1889, when the present firm name was 
adopted. The individual members are Mr. Arthur T. 
Hall and Mr. George Tarbott, both of whom are natives 
of Maine. The premises utilized comprise two floors 
and a basement each 40 by 100 feet in dimensions, in 
addition to a large storage room, thus alTordiug ample 
opportunity for the carrying of a heavy stock, compri- 
sing fine groceries and teas of all kinds, also all the best 
brands of flour. Messrs. Arthur T. Hall & Co., are 
Wholesale and Retail dealers in the above named goods, 
and their establishment is also headquarters for choice 
Creamery and Vermont Butter. Employment is afl'orded 
to four experienced and courteous assistants, and de- 
spite the magnitude of the business, orders are filled 
with promptness and accuracy. The proprietors quote 
the lowest prices at all times and spare no pains to 
maintain the enviable reputation their establishment has 
gained. 

HALL MOWING MACHINE CO. Manufac- 
turers of The Hall Mower, 25 and 27 Commercial street, 
Portland, Maine. The mowing machine of the present 
day is as great an improvement over the comparatively 
heavy, clumsy, complicated and inefficient machine first 
brought out as is the sewing machine of 1891 to the orig- 
inal production of Elias Howe, and as the American 
people have the ability to choose and the determination 
to demand the best, the great popularity of the '• Hall 
Mower " is not at all difficult to account for, as this ma- 
chine combines all the latest and most valuable improve- 
ments and is skilfully made from carefully selected 
materials. The Hall Mowing Machine Company was 
incorporated in 1SS9 with a capital of 8350,000 to manu- 
facture the Hall Mower, the invention of Mr George A. 
Hall, and the patents on which are held by the company 
of which Mr. Nathan Cleaves is president; Mr. George 
A. Hall, vice-president and superintendent, and Mr. 
Clinton A. Woodbury, treasurer. We have not the space 
to describe the Hall mower in these columns, and in- 
deed a verbal description of any machine is very unsat- 
isfactory, but we will simply say that it does away with 
the old Pitman rod and consequent loss of power, and 
practical men agree that the Hall is the leader of them 
all as regards efficiency, durability, ease of management 
and lightness of draft. The highest estimate of power 
necessary to operate it as compared with that required 
by the Pitman rod machine is two-thirds. Certainly no 
one should place an order for a mowing machine until 
they have investigated the merits of the one in question. 
The Hall mower is made under the personal supervision 
of the inventor; is carefully constructed of the best ma- 
terials and is fully warranted against all defects of 
workmanship. It is built on the " interchangeable sys- 
tem " so that parts for repairs may always be promptly 
obtained at low rates. The office and factory ai-e at 
Nos. 25 and 27 Commercial street, and full inform.ation 
may readily be secured by application in person or by 
mail. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



SCARBOEO CHALYBEATE SPRINGS,Port- 
land, Me. Nature's Unexcelled Iron Tonic. The Scar- 
boro Chalybeate Springs are located five miles from 
Portland, "near the Pleasant Hill road, leading from 
Portland to Scarboro Beach and one and a half miles 
from the Scarboro Beach Station of the Boston & 
Maine R. E. From Aboriginal times they have en- 
joyed more or less celebrity, and the judgment of the 
early settlers who used to come miles to drink of their 
waters at certain seasons of the year has been endorsed 
by modern medical science which declares this to be an 
alkaline chalybeate water of unusual purity containing 
a large proportion of iron in clear solution, and being 
very valuable as a mild tonic. The water rushes into a 
granite basin at the rate of 40 gallons (about a barrel) 
a minute, and its temperature in Winter and Summer 
is 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit, or 13 degrees above freezing. 
Its analysis is as follows : 
One United States gallon (23t cubic inches) contains— 
Sulphate of Potash, .... 840 grains 

Sulplate of Lime. 0.S18 " 

Chloride of Sodium. .... 1.056 " 

Bi Carbonate of Soda, .... 1 271 ■' 

Bi Carbonate of Lime, ■ - - 1.651 " 

Bi Carbonate of Magnesia, - ■ - 0.93a " 

Carbonate of Iron. .... 1.339 " 

Alumina, ...... traces. 

Silicic Acid in Solution, - - 0.984 " 

Total, 9 092 

It is of Exceeding benefit in eases of Anaemia, Chlo- 
rosis, .\menorrha'a, Dysmenorrho-a, Hysteria. The 
immediate efl'ect of this water is Increased Appetite, 
Improved Digestion, Stimulated Secretions, Purified and 
Reddened Blood. No one familiar with minerals and 
their medical eft'ects will dispute that the above is a val- 
uable and rare combination, nor will need to be told 
that the water has unequalled virtues as a mild tonic, 
being especially beneficial to those whose blood is pale 
and whose constitutions are weakened from one cause 
or another. There are many persons who feel no par- 
ticular distress in any spot but are simply languid, out 
of sorts, not up to the mark. They are not sick and yet 
may easily become so as their system is extremely sen- 
sitive to disease, and indulgence in " Patent Medicines " 
or powerful drugs of any kind is far more liable to do 
harm than good. Persistent use of this water will surely 
be beneficial and in the niajoritj'of instances will restore 
all wanting health and vigor. The water is put up in 
barrels, cases, and demijohns and is sold by druggists 
and grocers generally. It is marketed by the .Scarboro 
Chalybeate Spring Water Co., organized in 1891 to con- 
tinue a business founded some years previous. The 
managers are Shafer's Mineral Water Depots. Main 
Office 103 Penusvlvania Ave., Washington, D. ('. 44 
Park Place, New York. 112 N. Ninth St.. Philadelphia, 
Pa. 221 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. S and 10 
Exchange St., Portland, Me. 

PORTLAND LLOYDS. 42 Exchaiifrc St., 
Portland, Me. .\mong those enterprises which have 
been most efficacious in extending and promoting the 
reputation of this city, that conducted by tlie associa- 
tion known as Portland Lloyds deserves very prominent 
mention, for this undertaking is one calling for great 
capital, ability and business enterprise in order that it 
may be carried on successfully, and the record it has 
made during its more than 20 years of existence proves 
conclusively that not one of these rer]ulsiteH was wanting 
and has made Portland favorably known to ship owners, 
imi)0rters, and all interested in reliable marine insurance. 
'J'he company was organized In 1S"0, fifty members bo- 
couiing associated for the purjiose of furnishing marine 
insurance on the same jilan as that followed by the 
world-famous "Lloyds" of 7,ondon. From the day 
that active business was begun it has been the aim of 
the association to adjust claims in accorilance with true 



cfiuity and to paj' all just losses without delay, and the 
present enviable reputation of the association is the 
legitimate consequence of the successful carrying out 
of this policy. A very extensive business has been 
built up and "it is still" increasing as rapidly as ever. 
Many of Portland's most prominent business men are 
connected with the association, as may be judged frou; 
the standing of those forming the Advisory Board tlieii 
names being as follows: .Jacob S. Winslow, George E. 
B. .Jackson, Almon X. Strout, James Bain, William G. 
Davis, George S. Hunt, Russell Lewis, Eliphalet G. 
Spring, Charles W. Ford. Attorney, Charles W. Ford: 
Secretary. Charles F. Flagg; Clerk, James A. Cook. 
The ofllce of the association is at No. 42 Exchange St. 

DANIEL F. JOST, Successor to Jost & 
Jlorton, Interior Decorator, 12 Monument Sq., Portland, 
Me. Tlie art of interior decoration may be said to be in 
its infancy in this country for it is only of late years 
that it ha.? been given the prominence it deserves, but 
it has developed with almost phenomenal rapidity and 
the results now attained by our representative deco- 
rators will compare favorably with those brought about 
in any other country. One of the best known and most 
successful of the decorators carrying on operations in 
this section is Mr. Daniel F. Jost, who is a native of 
I'ortland, and commenced business in 1880 as a member 
of the firm of Jost A Morton, assuming sole control in 
188'.i. Mr. Jost utilizes well equipped premises at No. 
12 Monument Square, and has every facility at hand to 
enable him to execute the most extensive commissions 
at short notice, and in a manner that cannot fail to 
satisfy the most fastidious. He is prepared to furnish 
the very latest novelties in decorative goods at the 
lowest market rates, and his long and varied experience 
and excellent taste qualify him to render valuable as- 
sistance to those who seek his advice. Communications 
by mail are assured prompt and careful attention and 
estimates will cheerfully be furnished on application. 

C. A. ROBINSON, Commission IMcrohant, 
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Beef. Pork, Hams, Veal. 
Lamb and Poultry ; Butter, Eggs and Vegetables of all 
Kinds. No. 1 Silver Street Market, Portland, Maine. 
Orders Solicited, Telephone 101-F. The enterprise con- 
ducted by Mr. Chas. A. Robinson, and carried on at No. 1 
Silver Street Market, is worthy of interest and inspec- 
tion, as there is not a similar establishment in this city 
more entirely reliable or more capable of serving the pub- 
lic to the best advantage. Operations were begun by Mr. 
Amos Winslow, the firm name being changed to .^nios 
^\■inslow & Co. in 1S6S, and so conducted until ISSS. 
when Mr. Charles X. Robinson asstimed full control of 
the business, he having been a partner since IStls. 'I'his 
gentleman was born m Ijimington, Me., and is well- 
known and highly esteemed in Portland. The premi>c> 
occujiied by him in carrying on his business are about 
700 square fert in dimensions, and contain a fine stock of 
meats coniprisiiif; lucf, pork, liams, veal, lamb and 
poultry, also butter, eggs and vegetables of all kinds. 
Mr. Robinson is a commission merchant and wholesale 
and retail dealer in the above named goods. ICmploy- 
ment is given to polite assistants, and customers may 
depend upon receiving prompt attention and honorable 
treatment, for Mr. Robinson has always made it a rule 
to spare no i)ains to fully satisfy every patron, and to 
give no reasonable excuse for complaint in any instance. 
Errors are made of course, occasionally, for it would be 
impossible to carry on so extensive a business without 
mistakes, but whenever the attention of Mr. Iiobinson is 
called to anything of the kind the mistake is promptly 
and cheerfnily rectified, and care taken to sec that the 
occurrence Is" not repeated. Only choice articles are 
oft'ered for sale here, and they may be had at prices that 
will compare favorably with the lowest market rates. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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FEEDEEICK L. SMALL & Co., W^holesale 
and Eetail Grocers, 991 Congress St., Portland, Maine, 
Near I'uion Station. Althougli some people think that 
anyboily can carry on a grocery store successfully, they 
have only to use their eyes and ears in order to ascer- 
tain how incorrect such a belief is, for manj- who open 
such establishments fail altogether, aud still more only 
manage to " keep along,'' and cannot honestly be said to 
have succeeded at all. But of course there are stores 
which are successful in every sense of the word, and 
among these may be classed that conducted by Messrs. 
Frederick L. Small & Co., at No. 991 Congress St. This 
store was opened in iSS" by Mr. E. Corrin, who was 
succeeded by the present Arm in 1890. They have 
alreadj' become very popular, and the inducements 
which they oflfer, are sure to steadily increase their 
trade. Messers. F. L. Small, G. W. and Henry B. 
Mitchell are all natives of Portland, and have many 
personal friends throughout the city. The premises 
occupied comprise a store 30 by 60 feet in dimensions, 
being ample space for the carrying of a large and varied 
stock of staple and fanc}- groceries, as well as all kinds 
of vegetables in their seasons. Mr. Henry B. Mitchell 
runs a farm, and therefore this firm are in a position to 
ofTer au assortment of vegetables, which is hard to find 
at the average city stores. Messrs. Frederick L. Small 
& Co. do an extensive wholesale and retail business, 
requiring the service of four competent assistants. The 
goods are first-class, the prices low and the service is 
prompt and reliable. So there is little reason to wonder 
at the liberal patronage bestowed upon this establish- 
ment. 

I. D. MEEEILL, Practical Plumber, Plumbing- 
Materials, Tin Roofing and Conductors, Jobbing 
Promptly and Personally Attended to. No. 27 Union 
Street, Portland, Me. The business now carried on by 
Mr. I. D. Merrill, was founded by his father some 
forty-three years ago and is the oldest plumbing estab- 
lishment in the Stace, the present proprietor assuming 
its management in 1888. He is a native of Portland, and 
is one of the best known men in his line of business in 
the town. The premises made use of are located at No. 
27 Union Street, and contain a carefully chosen stock of 
plumbing materials, rod conductors, etc., fbr Mr. 
Merrill is a practical plumber, and deals largely in these 
and similar articles aud is prepared to fill orders at 
short notice, aud at the very lowest market rates. 
Employment is given to competent and reliable assist- 
ants, and plumbing, tin roofing and general jobbing will 
be done in a thorough and workmanlike manner. AVe 
would call special attention to Mr. Merrill's facilities to 
do plumbing, for such work must be skilfully and 
honestly carried out, or the consequences may be 
serious, and the most absolute confidence may safely be 
placed in that done under Mr. Merrill's directions. 



J. E. FAEE, Boots, Shoes and Eubbers, 
Rubber Goods and Shoe Findings. Custom Work and 
Repairing Promptly and Neatly Done. No. 47 Exchange 
Street. Portland, Me. The fact has long been known 
that no two persons have the same tastes exactly, and 
that no two persons wear their clothes in the same 
manner, and this principle applies especially to the wear 
and fit of boots and shoes, as no two persons step in the 
same way. We find increased dissimilarity the more we 
particularize even in those whose general appearance is 
very similar. The consequence is that what will suit 
one person will not suit another, and if a large custom 
is desired in any business relating to the supply of 
articles of wearing apparel, boots and shoes especially, 
a large and varied assortment is required to suit all 
tastes. It is probably owing to the appreciation of 



this fact, that Mr. Farr has succeeded in securing so 
large a proportion of the retail trade of this city. His 
store is located at No. 47 Exchange Street, Portland. 
The premises comprise one floor and basement, each 
20x90 feet in dimensions. The stock consists of boots, 
shoes and rubbers in a great varietj- of styles and sizes, 
which cannot fail to give satisfaction to those who 
purchase them. He has also rubber goods and shoe 
findings of the best styles and quality. Custom work 
and repairing will be done promptly to order in the best 
possible manner. Employment is offered to three 
assistants whose polite and prompt service are another 
reason for the numerous customers. This business was 
established in 188.5 by Mr. F. H. Lovett. In 1888 Mr. 
J. B. Farr became connected with the business, and the 
firm was known as Farr & Lovett, and so continued 
until 1890 when Mr. Farr became proprietor. He is a 
native of Harpswell, Maine. 

M. M. HANSEN, Merchant Tailor, .502 Con- 
gress Street, Portland, Me., Rooms up one flight. With 
a thorough knowledge of the business, and having ac- 
quired the reputation of expert, as a cutter of fashion- 
able and artistic clothing, Mr. M. M. Nanseu has estab- 
lished at No. .502 Congress street, what is now a most 
popular tailoring establishment in this city. It is doubt- 
less equal in every department to any other in Portland, 
and is well arranged for the display of the stock which 
includes a choice assortment of foreign aud domestic 
woolens. The line of goods carried is sure to meet the 
wants of the most fastidious and fashionable. The 
stock of woolens shown by Mr. Nansen is from the best 
manufacturers in America and England, and embraces 
all the latest novelties. Four competent assistants are 
employed, and the premises which are conveniently 
located are only up one flight. Mr. Nansen who is a 
native of Germany, succeeded Mr. W. Edwards in busi- 
ness in 1S8G, since which date he has acquired a well- 
deserved reputation for strict attention to business, lib- 
erality in all dealings, and care in the fit and fashion of 
garments, while qualities are guaranteed perfectly sat- 
isfactory, this tact having had much to do with the suc- 
cess which he has attained, and the rates quoted for all 
work will be found to be reasonable in the extreme. 

S. S. EICH & SOX, Undertakers and Em- 
balmers, 106 Exchange Street, Portland, Me. Residence, 
162 Pearl St. Fjrst-class Ambulance for moving the 
sick. Office Telephone 256. House Telephone 323 X. 
The firm of S. S. Rich & Son was not formed until 
1855, but as the enterprise carried on was founded in 
1835, it being the oldest house of the kind in Portland, 
and as the gentlemen identified with it are natives of the 
town, and widely and favorably known throughout this 
vicinity, the concern at once took a high rank among 
other houses in the same line of business aud is fairly 
entitled to be classed with the representative firms of 
this section. Operations were begun by Mr. S. S. Rich, 
who was succeeded by the present firm, which is com- 
posed of Messrs. Andrew J. and Herbert W. Rich, the 
senior Mr. S. S. Rich having died in 1883. Messrs. S. S. 
Rich & Son are undertakers and enibalmers, aud uti- 
lize three floors 25 x 70 feet in dimensions, at No. 106 
Exchange street, where they have all necessary facili- 
ties at hand to carry on operations with the most ap- 
proved methods. They manufacture and carry a large 
and varied stock of cofiins, caskets, robes, and funeral 
goods in general and quote very low prices ou articles 
of standard merit. The entire charge of funerals will 
be undertaken if desired and we need hardly say that 
nothing will be wanting to maintain the dignity and 
decorum so essential on such occasions. Orders will be 
given immediate attention at all hours, the office aud 
house residence having both telephone connection, they 
have an ambulance for moving the sick. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



WILLIAM E. CHANDLER, 3Iusic Dealer, 
431 Congress St., Farringtoii Block, Portland, Me. 
Musical In? truments, Violin, Banjo and other strings, a 
specialty. Trimmings, etc. Orders by mail pronii)tly 
attended to. Few persons aside from those engaged in 
the business have an adequate idea of the amount of 
sheet music published in this country or even of the 
number of music publishing houses for there are hun- 
dreds of the latter and their -'catalogues" seldom in- 
clude less than one hundred compositions and in many 
cases the number reaches well into the thousands. Adii 
to this the fact that the publications of English, French, 
German, and other foreign houses are in great demand 
here and it becomes obvious that no dealer can carry 
anything like a complete stock, so it will be seen that 
this business affords exceptional opportunity for the 
exercise of discrimination in maintaining an assortment 
of the compositions most liable to be called for and for 
the perfection of arrangements by which any desired 
composition can be obtained at short notice. The ex- 
ceptional popularitv of the music store carried on by 
Mr. William E. (handler, at No. 431 Congress St., Faf- 
riugton Block, is chiefly due to the remarkable prompt- 
ness and general etliciency of the service, for during the 
14 years that Mr. Chaiuiler has conducted this business 
he has spared no pains to meet all honorable competi- 
tion, and is conceded to offer advantages surp.assed by 
no dealer in the State. He was born m Portland, and 
succeeded Mr. C. K. Ilawes in 1S77. Sheet Music, 
Music Books, Musical Instruments, and Musical Mer- 
chandise in general are largely dealt in. a specialty 
being made of Violin, Banjo aiid other strings, these 
being carefully selected and being offered at the lowest 
market rates. Employment is given to 4 efficient as- 
sistants, and orders by mail are assured prompt atten- 
tion, any article not "in stock being obtained at very 
short notice and being furnished at the regular rates. 



UNION TICKET OFFICE, 40 Exchanj;e St., 
Portland, Me. No experienced traveller needs to be 
told that there are many advantages gained by patron- 
izing such an establishment as is carried on by .Mr. C. 
P. Waldron at No. 40 Exchange St., but as there are 
doubtless many among our readers who have had no 
special experience in traveling and yet api)reciate the 
value of information which will very probably be of 
considerable use to them at some future time, we need 
make no apology for calling attention to the facilities 
offered by Mr. Waldron. who is proprietor and manager 
of the Union Ticket Office where tickets are on sale to 
all principal points in the United States and Canada ; 
purchasers being given their own choice of routes, and 
the very lowest rates being fjuotcd. One may also obtain 
here European tickets via Allan, Cunard, Inman, .\nchor, 
Ked Star, and Hamburg lines to all the leading cities of 
Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. But it may 
be asked, " What is gained by patronizing this office 
instead of dealing directly with the railway or steam- 
boat companies?" Well, considerable is gained. To 
begin with you make your arrangements right at home 
here in Portland instead of having to visit some citj' 
where you know nobody ami nobody knows you, and by 
making these arrangements you are sure just what a 
trip is going to cost before you leave home. Then you 
get tlie benefit of whatever cut rates there may be at the 
time you buy, and finally you will cheerfully he given 
all desired Information concerning choice of route, etc., 
ami are assured prompt and polite attention at all times. 
This office is perfectly reliable ; it has been carried on 
by Mr. C. P. Waldron "sir)ce 1880 and was conducted by 
y\r. VI. A. Waldron for years before that date. Mail 
communications will be "promptly answered but a per- 
sonal Interview Is always the most satisfactory way of 
going business, and if possible give Mr. Waldron a call. 



HAKPSWELL STEAMBOAT CO., Portland 
Pier, Portland, Me. The Harpswell Steamboat Com- 
pany was incorporated in ISS", with a capital of S.'iO.OOO 
for the purpose of maintaining a line of steamers be- 
tween Portland and Orr's Island, touching at interme- 
diate points and affording a convenient and economical 
means of transportation for passengers and freight. 
This was no new prcyect for such a line had been run 
for years by different parties, but it was thought that 
the interests of the public and also of the owners of the 
line would be served by the formation of the compauv 
and such has jiroved to be the case, the service having 
been materially improved and the line rendered much 
more valuable. At the present writing (February. IS'Jl) 
the company has but one steamer, the ■' Merryconeag" 
but there is another one building and it will be com- 
pleted in time for the opening of the coming season. 
The boats land at Portland pier and are run on a schedule 
which gives frequent and conveniently timed service 
between Portland and Orr's Island and intermediate 
points. Mr. H. P. Dewey is President of the company, 
and Mr. Isaiah Daniels is Treasurer and Manager. 

t'HAS. AUGUSTUS CUMMINGS, Dealer in 
Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces ; Agent for the Glenwood B. 
and New Elmwood Ranges, Parlor Stoves, Novelty 
Hot .\ir Furnace, Garland Oil Stoves and Refrigerators. 
No. 41 Exchange St., Portland, Me. The premises 
utilized bj- the gentleman whose card we print above are 
located at 41 Exchange St., and comprise one floor and 
basement each of the dimensions of 20x110 feet, and con- 
tain a large and verv carefully selected stock, made up 
of Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Oil .Stoves and Refrigera- 
tors, for Mr. Cummings deals largely in all these articles 
and is prepared to fill both wholesale and retail orders 
at the lowest rates. He is a native of Portland, and has 
been identified with his present business since 18S(i. 
Mr. O. W. Fullum having conducted the business for 10 
years previous to that date. Mr. Cummings is agent for 
the Glenwood B., and New Elmwood Ranges and also 
for the Novelty Hot Air Furnace and the Garland Oil 
.Stoves all of which arc highly spoken of by the trade. 
Repair work of all kinds is given prompt attention, and 
is executed in a thoroughly satisfactory manner at very 
reasonable rates. From four to six competent assistants 
are employed thus enabling all orders to be promptly 
filled. 

EASTMAN & CUTTS, Dealers in Fine 
Millinery, Dress Caps a Specialty, No. .538 .\, Congress 
Street, Portland, Me. The firm of Eastman & Gutts, 
have become well and favorably known among the 
business jiortion of Portland, bj- their honorable and 
energetic methods of doing business. They have an 
extended ])atr(>nage, which has been gained by strict 
attention lo the many details of their business. The 
premises utilized are located at No. .538 A, Congress St., 
and are well arranged for the display of the particular 
line of goods dealt in. A choice assortment of fine 
millinery goods is constantly carried, from which ladies 
can select fashionable materials for bonnets or trim- 
mings at all seasons. The firm of Eastman it Gutts 
are in a position to offer new goods, embracing all the 
novelties in the milliner)' line as soon as they appear in 
the market. This firm has many regular i)atrons, as 
customers find by becoming familiar with them they are 
better (lualified to suit their tastes than strangers could 
be. Employment Is given to competent assistants, and 
all patrons are assured prompt attention and that every 
efl'ort will be made to give |)erfect satisfaction. Tlie 
firm <-ater to all classes of trade, and make a specialty 
of dress caps, consequently their stock of goods is large 
and varied, and their prices arc uniformly low for the 
ijuality of materials sold. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



THE UNDERWOOD COMPANY, Under- 
wood Spriug Water, the King of Table Waters, its daily 
use the only preventive of Bright's Disease, Falmouth 
Foreside, Maine. — The Underwood Company was incor- 
porated in 1884 with a capital of .$200,000 for the purpose 
of distributing the famous Underwood Spring Water, 
which has been known, used aud prized for 2.50 years, is 
conceded to be the king of table waters, and has been 
pronounced by the leading physicians of this country 
and Europe the only preventive known of Bright's disease, 
when used daily. The spring is located at Falmouth 
Foreside, Maine, and in twenty-four hours aflords 200,- 
000 gallons of water, described by Prof. Frank L. Bart- 
lett, of Portland, (probably tho most experienced an- 
alyst in America) as '"the purest of any I have ever an- 
alyzed, aud so far as I know, is unequalled by any water 
in the world." As medical science progresses the value 
of the so-called "mineral"' waters is being more and more 
disputed, it now being maintained by many physicians 
of high standing that an exceptionally pure water is at 
least as efficient in the correction of many irregularities 
as is one highly charged with mineral matter. In this 
connection the folio A-ing extract from the report of 
Alfred L. Loomis, M. D., J. L. Cabell, M. D., and Clar- 
ence C. Rice, M. D., the committee appointed by the 
Climatological Association of America, to investigate the 
mineral waters of the United States, will prove of inter- 
est : " It remains to be proved that there are more cures 
recorded at those springs wliich contain an abundance of 
mineral matter than would be efl'ected at a spriug of re- 
markable purity containing a palatable quantity of car- 
bonic-acid gas ; as the Underwood Spring Water of Fal- 
mouth Foreside, Maine. Many of the most striking 
therapeutic eflects are seen at springs which contain but 
a few grains of mineral ingredients. And no one can 
deny that pure water can be prescribed in such a variety 
of ways as to produce many difi'erent physiological ac- 
tions." The Underwood Spring Water actually goes all 
over the world. It is acceptable to the most delicate 
stomach and as a table water is fast displacing all others 
wherever it has been introduced. 

GLOBE TEA COMPANY, Dealers in Pro- 
visions, Groceries, Flour, Teas, Cofiees, Spices and Can- 
ned Goods, corner Franklin and Congress Streets, Port- 
land, Me. — The public demand much more of a grocer 
nowadays than was once the case, and in order to conduct 
a really first-class establishment it is absolutely essential 
that a large stock be carried, complete in every depart- 
ment and made up of goods that can safely be guaran- 
teed to give entire satisfaction. Such Is the character of 
the assortment offered by the Globe Tea Company, loca- 
ted at the cornerof Franklin and Congress streets and the 
more carefully this stock is examined the more plainly 
it will be proved that Mr. F. N. Weeks the present pro- 
prietor is in a position to suit the most fastidious by pro- 
viding goods which have no superior in the market. Nor 
does he quote fancy prices on the many articles handled, 
for he is an experienced and discriminating buyer and 
enjoys such relations with producers and wholesalers as 
to enable him to purchase at bottom rates — an advantage 
the profit of which is fully shared with patrons. The 
establishment was founded many years ago aud after 
several changes came into the possession of Mr. Geo. H. 
Weeks in 1887, who was succeeded in 1890 by the pres- 
ent proprietor, Mr. F. N. Weeks, and has since that date 
been conducted under the present style of Globe Tea Co. 
Choice teas and coflees, pure spices and canned goods, — 
all such goods are to be had of Mr. Weeks at prices as 
low as the lowest, while more staple articles, such as 
provisions, groceries, flour, etc., are also ottered in 
proper variety and at the very lowest market rates. 
Callers may safely depend upon receiving immediate and 
courteous attention. Three competent assistants are em- 
ployed and all orders will be accurately delivered. 



THE TRAVELLERS' New Annuity Plan. 
Applied to every form of Life and Endowment Pol- 
icies. Geo. C. Cannell, Agent, First National Bank 
Building. We have assumed that a man has decided to 
t.ake some sort of insurance; that ought not to need 
arguing. In calling the attention of our readers to this 
subject we do not hesitate to recommend Mr. Geo. C. 
Cannell as an excellent agent, and feel sure that this 
agency which was conducted by Mr. Andrew Chase for 
about twenty years has been proved to be of gre.it 
benefit to the residents of this city and vicinity. " The 
Travellers " of Hartford, Conn., is the largest and 
strongest Accident Companj' in the world. It issues 
policies for any amount giving special benefits for loss 
of Sight, Hands or Feet. In proportions similar to the 
example here given of a policy for $3,000.00, giving 
$.3,000 in event of death. ®3,000 for loss of two eyes. 
i$3,000 for loss of two feet. .$3,000 for loss of two hands. 
$3,000 for loss of one hand and one foot. $1,000 for 
loss of one foot. $1,000 for loss of one hand. .$1.5.00 
per week for disabling injury. We would call especial 
attention to The Travellers" New Annuity Plan, applied 
to every foim of Life and Endowment Policies. This 
form of policy differs from all others by paying the 
money by regular instalments as agreed upon. "The 
Travellers" by means of Annuity Insurance Policies, 
does just what the Father, Husband or Brother would 
wish to have done, but what many women would find 
hard to do, invests the money for whatever time is 
desirable, and pays the equivalent of a four-and-one- 
half per cent, income, free of taxes, to those to whom it 
is due. This company has proved its ability to manage 
business on a large scale for the past twenty five years. 
It owns vast property, and has agencies everywhere. 
Mr. G. C. Cannell who assumed charge of this one in 
1887, located in the First National Bank Building is a 
native of Windham, Me., and has many friends in this 
city. He has several assistants who are ever obliging 
and readj' to give prompt personal attention to every 
caller. 

W. P. HASTINGS, Pianos and Organs, IIU 
Exchange St., Portland, Me. That the manufacture of 
pianos has reached its highest perfection in this country 
is very generally understood, for there have been nu- 
merous proofs afforded that American pianos lead the 
world. Unfortunately, however, the great demand for 
these instruments among all classes of people has led to 
the manufacture of pianos only made to sell, and it is 
therefore necessary to use considerable care to avoid 
imposition. The surest way to obtain a satisfactory 
instrument at a moderate price is to patronage such an 
establishment .as is conducted by Mr. W. P. Hastings at 
No. H4.T Exchange St., for the proprietor's experience 
and reputation are perfect safegards against the least 
suspicion of fraud. Mr. Hastings has been engaged in 
the piano and organ business in Portland for more than 
forty years. For about thirty-five he was engaged in 
the manufacture of Organs, but of late he has confined 
himself to the sale, renting, repairing and tuuing of 
pianos. A prominent feature of his business is the 
renting of Organs and Pianos, and to those who cannot 
afford to buy, or who want the temporary use of an in- 
strument a rare opportunity is offered. There is a 
special department for the repairing of instruments, and 
in this the many years of practical experience of Mr. 
Hastings particularly qualifies him, for there is no part 
with which he is not familiar and capable of restoring 
to its original quality. Mr. Hastings was born in Wor- 
cester, Mass., aud came to Portland in 1850, where 
during the years since elapsed he has earned the esteem 
and respect of the community. He has been connected 
with the city government as Councilman, and has ever 
been found a reliable and worthy citizen who has al- 
ways conducted business on the square. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




tion as 4 assistants are employed who are competeut ami 
obliging in showing goods and in giving all necessary 
information regarding the materials sold here. Mr. 
.Stubbs is a native of this city and needs no introduction 
to his numerous patrons. 



ALGERNON STUBKS, Aitists' Materials, 
438 Congress Street, Opp., Farrington Block, Portland, 
Me. Frames, Engravings and Art Goods in General, 
A large variety of novelties for decoration. — llr. Alger- 
non Stubbs has been identified with the enterprise he 
now carries on since 1870, having at that time become 
associated in the firm of Stubbs Hros., but in 1881 he 
became the sole proprietor. .\ very carefully selected 
assortment of artists' materials is alway to be found at 
this store. Quite an extensive business is done in these 
goods, as the prices quoted are uniformly MKnicnite :iiid 
the articles are of an exceptionably desirable (|u:ility 
and variety. Mr. .Stubbs has a fine collection of frames 
of all descriptions, also engravings and art goods in 
general. He has lately added to his business a complete 
assortment of photograpliic outfits and stock, also in 
views of city and surroundings. He has the best assort- 
ment to be had in Portland, as many of the best pictures 
in this book (which were taken by Mr. Stubbs) will show. 

The least observing can liardly have failed to notice 
that there are fashions in decorations as well as every- 
thing else and that each sea'ion lias its es|)ecial fad for 
till" time. Those who ;ire interested in these novelties 
will be well paiil for lime spent in examining the choice 
iirticles which are here produced. 'I'he premises are 
located at \o. J.'ls Congress street, and they are 20 x (iO 
feet in dimensions. Callers are assured of polite atteu- 



TIIE PEOPLE'S STEAM LArNDRY, 50 and 

.')2 Free St., Thomas & Jordan. Tel. No. 279, Portland. 
Portland is not at all behind other cities of ecjual po])u- 
lation so far as regards those i)ublic convenienies which 
go far to make life agreeable in our larger coniiiiunities. 
and one of the most valuable and i)opular of these con- 
veniences is the People's Steam I^aundry which has been 
conducted by its present proprietors Messrs. Thomas & 
.Jordan since 1881, and which under their skilful and 
progressive management, has become a model e^itabli-^h- 
ment of its kind, it being one of the most thoroughly 
equipped which the city can show. The premises occu- 
pied comprise two floors and a basement each l!0 by SO 
feet in dimensions, located atNos. 50 and .")2 Free street. 
This laundry is a model establisemcnt in the truest 
sense. The proprietors Justly taking much ])ride in 
keeping it scrupulously clean, and in an attractive con- 
dition at all times. The latest improved machinery is to 
be found in every department of the establishment, and 
employment is given to twenty assistants. Orders are 
filled in the best manner and at remarkable short notice. 
The scale of prices is very reasonable, and the quality 
of the work will compare" favorably with any in the city, 
great pains being taken to ensure absolute thorough- 
ness and to avoid injury to the most delicate fabric*, 
while goods will be called for and accurately delivered. 
Those among our readers who wish laundry work done, 
will find this just the place they are looking for. and 
they will be surprised to find how quickly and in fine 
condition their work will be delivered to them. Mr W. 
U. Thomas is a native of Massachusetts, and Jlr. Leon- 
ard Jordan, of Maine. They both served in the army 
during our late southern war, and are well-known 
thnmirliiiut Portland. Mr. Jordan has been councilman. 
anil >ir. Thomas was inspector at the Custom House for 
eighteen years. 



NORTON, CHAPMAN & CO., Gt'iieial Com- 
mission Merchants, and Receivers of Dry and Pickled 
Fish and Canned Goods, 185 Middle St., Portland, Me. 
Boston Oflice, 10 Broad St. New York Office, 19 White- 
hall St. No more representative enterprise can be 
found in this city than that carried on under the firm- 
name of Norton, Chapman & Co., for this was inaugu- 
rated September 1, 18G3, and has for many years held a 
leading position among undertakings of a kindred char- 
acter throughout the State. Mr. Norton has not been 
Identified with the business since 1871, the firm being 
constituted of Messrs. Charles J. and C. C. Chapman 
both of whom were born in Bethel, Me., and have long 
ranked with the most active and influential of I'ortland's 
business men. Jlr. C. J. Chapman has served several 
terms as mayor of the city and has also been connected 
with the Common Council and the Board of Aldermen. 
Both members of the firm are i<ientified with the Chap- 
man Banking Company, — a leading Portland lliiancial 
concern. Messrs. Norton, Chapni;in & Co., are General 
Commission Merchants. They give special attention to 
the handling of Flour, Grain "and Mill Feed, being very 
large lieceivors of Flour and representing the famous 
Pillsbury-Washburn Milling Company besides some 20 
other first-class Milling Companies including the Cereal 
Milling Company, Chicago, whose specialty is Oat Meal 
and other Cereals; Fould's Milling Company, Ciuclu- 
nati, specialty Wheat Germ Meal ; Jacob Beck & Co., 
Petrot, specialty (iranulated Corn Meal: Chester it 
Wilson, Pockport, N. Y., specialty Wheat Berry Flour, 
together with other concerns of equally high standing. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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CorD, Oats, Bran, Middliugs and Wheat are received 
direct from the West and distributed throughout Maine, 
and Dry and Pickled Fish are received for shipment to 
the West, the firm doing an exclusively wholesale busi- 
ness and being prepared to fill all orders promptly and 
at the lowest market rates. Oflices are maintained at 
No. 185 Middle St., Portland, Xo. 10 Whiteliall St., 
New York, and No. 10 Broad St., Boston, and no troubl« 
is spared to keep the service up to the enviable standard 
so long associated with it. 

"THE SMITHS" Sign and Fresco Painters. 
Dealers in Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, etc. 58S-A 
Congress St., Portland, Me. With the growth of our 
country and the increasing artistic development of the 
people, interior, decoration has ceased to be looked upon 
as a luxury unattainable and unappreciated except by 
the comparatively few. Year by year the demand is 
greater for tasteful adornment for our homes whicli all 
are eager to beautify as far as their means will permit. 
The firm wiiose card heads this article are acknowledged 
by all who have seen their work to be in the foremost 
rank as regards skill and ability. Among the many places 
decorated by them we need only mention the follow- 
ing: Union Station, Portland, Me., Bay View Hotel, 
Waterville, Me., Grange Hall, Albion, Me., Soper Hall, 
Waterville, Me., New Universalist Church, at Goriiam, 
N. H. In this connection, we may fittingly call atten- 
to the facilities possessed by the Messrs. Smith, for the 
execution of all orders for Sign Painting of all kinds, 
for such work is done the most cheaply, wliere it is 
done the most skilfully and the results attained by the 
above named gentlemen will bear the closest examina- 
tion, and the most severe comparison with the work of 
any competent painter, for tliey use good stock, spare 
no pains to apply it to the best advantage, and make no 
exorbitant charges, their terms being as low as is con- 
sistent with the methods employed. The premises oc- 
cupied are located at No. 08S-A, Congress St., where 
will be found a large and varied stock of Paints, Oils, 
Varnishes, Brushes, etc. Ten competent assistants are 
employed, and all orders will be filled at short notice, 
and we have no liesitation in assuring complete satisfac- 
tion to all who may avail themselves of their services 
both as regards the quality of the work, and the cost 
and quality of the goods dealt in. 

Miss A. M. WEBSTER, Industrial Bureau, 
all kinds of help furnished, botli Male and Female, 
114} Exchange St., Portland, Me. The servant question 
is one of the most difficult with which we have to deal 
at present, and as time goes on, it seems no nearer so- 
lution. How to procure good servants, who will do 
their duty faithfully, for moderate wages, seems almost 
among the unattainable luxuries of life. If any body 
can help us in this difficulty, it should be those persons 
who devote themselves to procuring help and inquiring 
into their capabilities. There are many industrial 
bureaux where no trouble of this kind is taken, and 
therefore we would call our readers' attention to the 
one conducted by Miss A. M. Webster at No. 1144 
Exchange St. Miss Webster makes it her business to 
procure servants, both men and women, and slie makes 
it her interest to get the best that are to be found. She 
Is a native of West Buxton, Me., and has been estab- 
lished in Portland since 1889. During this comparatively 
short time. Miss Webster has been very successful in 
supplying some of the prominent families of the city, 
and such of her customers as have received her aid ex- 
press tlieir appreciation in the most satisfactory terms. 
Miss Webster gives her close personal attention and her 
best efibrts to the management of her business, and the 
supplying of only reliable help. Those who call at her 
office will be treated in a uniformly courteous manner, 
and their wants supplied as promptly as is possible. 



X. JOHN LITTLE & CO., Dealer in Dry 
and Fancy Goods. .516 Congress St., Portland, Me. it 
is safe to say that no Dry and Fancy Goods store in the 
city of Portland contains a more carefully selected and 
more attractive stock than that ottered at the establish- 
ment conducted by Messrs. X. John I.ittle & Co., at No. 
51G Congress St., for this stock is exceptionally free 
from all old style or untasteful goods, it including the 
very latest fastiionable novelties, and being in sliort one 
of the "cleanest" assortments of which we have 
knowledge. The prices quoted on the goods composing 
it go far to explain wiiy there is no accumulation of old 
articles, for these prices are low enough to bring about 
the prompt sale of much less desirable goods and one 
need not be very shrewd to infer from them that the 
"quick sales and small profits " policy is the guiding 
principle of the management. Another very popular 
feature of the management is the promptness of the 
service offered, for employment is given to from 20 to 
.30 assistants, and callers are assured immediate and 
courteous attention. This business was at one time 
carried on by Messrs. Millett. Chamberlin & LittlCv 
they being succeeded by Messrs. Millett & Little, in 
1S81, and they by the present concern in 1886. Mr. 
Little was born in this State and is very widely known, 
not only in business but also in social circles. 

ALBERT H. WAITE, Sail Maker, Widgery's 
Wharf, Portland, Me. The business conducted by Mr. 
Albert H. AVaite was founded by him just about 40 years 
ago, operations having been begun in 1851. The follow- 
ing year the firm name became Carter & Waite, and in 
1853 Mr. Waite resumed sole control. That same year 
he went to Freeport, Maine, remaining there until 1861, 
when he returned to Portland and resumed business as a 
member of the firm of Gould & Waite. In 1862 he once 
more became sole proprietor and continued so for 20 
years, finally becoming a member of the firm of York, 
Waite & Co., in 1882, this concern being succeeded in 
1884 by Waite, Oliver & Co., who gave place to Mr. 
Albert H. Waite in 1886. Mr. Waite was born in Portland, 
has served on the Board of Aldermen, and is extremely 
well known in social as well as in business circles. As a 
sail maker no man in the State has a higher reputation, 
for during the many years he has followed that business 
he has knowingly allowed no defective work to leave liis 
hands ; both material and workmanship being always 
guaranteed to prove just as represented. He utilizes a 
spacious sail loft on Widgery's Wharf, employs from 6 
to 10 assistants, and is prepared to fill orders at short 
notice and uniformly reasonable rates. 

Mrs. a. a. SMART, Millinery and Fancy 
Goods, Stamping and Materials for Kensington and 
Outline Embroidery. No. 563 Congress St., Portland, 
Me. Among the many desirable places in this city to 
purchase Millinery and Fancy Goods mention should be 
made of the popular store conducted by Mrs. A. A. 
Smart at No. 563 Congress St. It was opened in 1880 
and Mrs. Smart has reason to congratulate herself on 
the character no less than the extent of the patronage, 
for among her customers are numbered ladies who have 
a local reputation for careful and artistic dressing, and 
to cater successfully to such patrons is no slight proof 
of abilitj'. A fine and varied stock of millinery and 
fancy goods is carried at all times, the very latest 
fashionable novelties being represented. Particular 
attention is paid to custom work, and the fact that five 
skilled assistants have to be employed shows how liber- 
ally this department is patronized. An extensive busi- 
ness is done in Stamping, and Materials for Kensington 
and outline Embroidery. Orders can generally be filled 
at short notice, and the prices quoted are very low con- 
sidering the quality of work turned out. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



CENTRAL WH AKF TOWBOAT & WEECK- 
iog Co., Office 179 ConimeiLial St., Portland, Me. Tugs : 
L. A. Belknap, C. A. Warren, Salem, I'lymouth. J. P. 
Tenney, Agent. Telephone No. '.)47-x. By no means 
the least of Portland's advantages as a "coiumercial 
centre is the excellent, towing service available, for that 
furnished by the Central Wharf Towboat and Wrecking 
Oo. is comprehensive, prompt, reliable and economical, 
and well merits the many commendations it receives. 
The company mentioned is the result of the union of 
the Central Wharf Towboat Co. with the Independent 
I'owboat and Wrecking Co., the former having been 
organized about 25 years ago, and the latter 1(1 years 
ago. Mr. J. P. 'i'euney is treasurer, manager, and 
agent for both. Tlie boats lay at Long Wharf, and 
consist of ihe "I.. A. Belknap," " C. A. Waneu," 
'• Salem," and " Plymouth."' They are powerful, well- 
found tugs, equipped with fire and wrecking pumps, 
etc.. and manned by experienced and well-drilled crews, 
commanded bv men who know this harbor and coast 
" like a hook," and can take a vessel in safety wherever 
she has any business to be. The office of the company 
i-i at Xo. 179 Commercial St., and orders by telephone 
Xo. 947-x are assured instant and careful attention. 

9. A. SKILLINGS&Co., Wholesale Dealers 
in Lobsters, 8'i Commercial Street, Portland, Me. The 
advantages to be gained by dealing witli such a house as 
that conducted by Mr. S. A. Skillings are too obvious to 
require demonstration, and as Mr. Skillings is prepared 
to offer special advantages to wholesale patrons, it 
naturally follows that his enterprise is of the highest 
importance, and deserves special and favor:ible mention 
in a review of the various coniniorci:il uncicrlakiiigs of 
this city. The business was founded in issi; under the 
rtrm name of S. A. Skillings & Co., and so continued 
until 1890, when Mr. J<ewis McDonald, who was Mr. 
Skillings partner, retired, and the present proprietor 
assumed sole control. This gentleman was born in 
Portland, and is widely known. Ills promises are 
located at No. 8G Commercial Street, and comprise two 
floors, each about 19x80 feet is size. An extensive 
wholesale trade in lobsters in done, and the largest 
orders can be filled without delay, and the smallest 
commissions are given careful attention, equallj' low 
rates being quoted in both cases. Mr. Skillings gives 
the lousiness close personal supervision, and eniploys a 
reliable assistant. 

E. H. BOYXTON, Jeweler and Optician, 
.547 Congress Street, Portland Me. Even tlie most 
hearty supporters of the " live and let live " ))oliey may 
be excused for objecting to tiie exorbitant prices 
demanded by some jewelers, for it is an open secret that 
certain dealers make a practice of charging all they 
think they can get, wliile others are content with a fair 
profit and have but one price for all. In this connection 
it is fitting that we should call attention to Ihe store 
carried on by Mr. Randolph II. Boynton at No. .547 
Congress Street, for not only does he quote moderate 
|)rices on goods of guaranteed merit, but he presents one 
of the most carefully selected and attractive stocks of 
watches, jewelry, etc., that can be found in the city — an 
assortment so varied and comjilete that from it all tastes 
and purses can be suited. Mr. Boynton is a native of 
Maine, and certainly ought to lie familiar with the wants 
of the Portland public, for he has carried on business 
here since 1878, and at his present locatian since ISSfi. 
Besides the latest novelties in watches and jewelry, he 
oilers a fine assortment of optical goods, made by tlie 
leading manufacturers and warranted equal to any in 
tlie market. IJepairing is done in a tlioroughly work- 
maidike manner at fair rates; sulIUient assistance being 
employed to ensure the prompt filling of orders. 



J. W. FITZPATEICK, General Manager the 
Mutual Life Insurance Co., of New York. Xo. 1S3 
Middle Street, Portland Me. It is sometimes very diffi- 
cult to accurately define the precise position held by one 
company in comparison with others in a certain line of 
business, for merits may be so equally balanced that it 
becomes hard to determine just what association is 
entitled to supremacy, but when treating of the Mutual 
Life Insurance Company, of Xew York, no sm-h 
embarrassment is met v.-ith ifor this is cJearly the largest, 
tlie strongest, and best life insurance company in the 
United States, or in the world. It is one of the com- 
paratively few companies which are strictly mutual, the 
entire assets belonging exclusively to policy holders, 
and all i)rottte being divided equitably among policy 
holders. For this reason, combined with others, the 
cost to be insured is less than in any other company, and 
the magnitude and management of the business are such 
that the cash resources are n)any millions of dollars in 
excess of those of any other company in the world. 
This is the only combined purely mutual all-cash 
company in the L'nited States, and much of its popularity 
is due to the facts that each policy holder is eutitlrd m 
his equitable share in tlie profits of the whole business, 
and claims are paid immcdiaU-ly upon satisfactory jiroof 
of death. The single consideration that no purely 
Mutual Corajiany has ever failed is of itself enough to 
demonstrate that the protection ottered by the Mutual 
Life of New Vork is absolute, and that demonstration is 
made perfect by the record of the company during its 
40 years of existence. An agency has been maintained 
in Portland for about 40 years, and no insurance concern 
is more highly regarded throughout the State. The 
present general manager, Jlr. .1. AV. Fitzpatrick, has 
held that position for 4 years and has been very success- 
ful in promoting the interests of the company among 
those who profit most by its operations, for no one can 
take out a policy in the Mutual Life of Xew York with- 
out being benefited thereby, and we can give sucli of 
our readers as contemplate becoming insured no more 
valuable advice than to call at or send to 18.3 Middle St., 
and become familiar with the policies issued by this 
leading company. 

EAGLE HOTEL, cor. India and Middle Sts., 
Portland, Me. A. E. Pratt, Proprietor. There are 
some hotels which seem to be popular without due cause, 
or in other words present no attractions which would 
account for the liberal patronage they receive, but this 
is by no means the case with the Eagle Hotel, for tliis 
highly i)opular hostelry jiresents so many claims to 
jiublic favor that it is no wonder its patronage is con- 
stantly on the increase. This house is very near the 
Grand Trunk Depot, Xew York and English Steamers, 
also Boston and Island Steamboat landings, and is also 
convenient to all tlie city business liouses of i>rominence. 
It was established by Mr. Thos. Handall, and lias been 
controlled by the present proprietor since 1885. Mr. \. 
E. Pratt, who is a native of Poland, Me., is assiduous 
in his eflbrts to promote the comfort of his guests and 
make them feel entirely at home. The building contains 
fifty-one guest rooms, and has recently been repaired 
and refurnished and every endejivor will be made to 
make it a desirable stopping pl.'ice for the traveling 
IHiblic. The table is aliundaiitly supplied with season- 
able food, and the service is pmmpt and obliging, eu.- 
l)loyment being given to nine assistants. The terms of 
the house are moderate, and the entire enterprise is 
liberally as well as progressively managed. A first- 
class Livery Stable is connected with tlie house whore 
horses and carriages will be let at reasonable rates. The 
Eagle Hotel is centrally located at the corner of India 
and MiddU? Sts. The Horse Cars pass the door every 
few minutes, and so accessible from all points is weil 
worthv of consideration bv all contemplating a visit to 
Porlla'ii.l. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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PEOPLE'S FERRY CO. Treasurer's Office, 
30 Excliauge St. — There are a few enterprises which 
have liad a more powerful influence in building up Port- 
land, — that is, the modern Portland— than that carried 
on by the People's Ferry company, which was incorpor- 
ated in 188.5. with Mr. A. V. Cole as President and Mr. 
George T. Spear as Treasurer. This company run a line 
of boats between Portland and South Portland, and 
afford a service which is frequent, prompt and reliable, 
the charges for transportation being very reasonable, 
and the whole enterprise being liberally as well as pro- 
gressively managed in every department. That such a 
service is a decided public benefit is obvious, and it is 
rapidly building up South Portland and also extending 
the business of Portland proper by adding to the popu- 
lation to be supplied. The standing of the men identi- 
fied with the enterprise is proof positive that in the 
future as in the past it will be managed in accordance 
with the best interests of the community as a whole, 
and such being the case it certainly deserves the hearty 
support of the general public. 



ADELAIDE M. BIBBER, Milliner, and Deal- 
er in Millinery Goods, 56U Congress St., Portland, Me. 
Such of our readers as .are numbered among the fair sex, 
no doubt find the establishment conducted by Miss 
Adelaide M. Bibber, to be the most attractive in this 
vicinity, for Miss Bibber is an extensive dealer in Mil- 
linery Goods, and alwaj's has on hand a very desirable 
assortment of the latest novelties in these lines. She is 
a native of this city and has a Large circle of friends 
here, to which she has added since inaugurating her 
present enterprise in 1888. It would be hardly worth 
while to attempt to describe a stock which is so con- 
stantly changing as is hers, and we will therefore only 
state that it comprises trimmed and untrimmed hats and 
bonnets, velvets, laces, feathers, flowers and trimmings 
in general, together with a fine assortment of the latest 
fashionable millinery goods of all kinds. Miss Bibber 
keeps thoroughly well informed concerning the latest 
dictates of fashion, and the very latest fashionable 
novelties are obtained as soon as they appear in the 
market. Particular attention is paid to order work, and 
Miss Bibber's exceptional taste has given her a most en- 
viable reputation among tho.se appreciative of really 
artistic millinery effects. She employs only thoroughly 
competent assistants, and is prepared to fill orders at 
short notice and at moderate rates. 

DR. J. M. STROUT, Dentist, 457i Congress 
Street, (between Preble and Elm), Portland, Me. — This 
is neither the time nor the place to discuss the causes of 
defective teeth, but it is generally believed that the un- 
enviable distinction possessed by" the Americans of hav- 
ing the poorest teeth of any nation, is the consequence 
of a combination of hereditary influences, bad habits of 
eating, improper selection of food and unpardonable 
carelessness in caring for the teeth. Of late years there 
has been a sort of hygienic " revival," which has un- 
doubtedly accomplished great good already and is sure 
to continue to spread that knowledge of the prime laws 
of health which is essential to the physical well being 
of a community. If Americans have the worst teeth in 
the world, they have the best dentists, and so true is 
this and so generally conceded and widely known, that 
foreigners come here to study dentistry as we send our 
sons abroad to finish their education in medicine or in 
art. Where the standard is so high it is of course diffi- 
cult to gain an exceptional reputation, and yet we be- 
lieve that Dr. J. M. Strout of No. 4.57 1-2 Congress 
street, fully deserves the reputation he holds for supe- 
rior skill and gentleness. At all events, we know that 
those who have availed themselves of his services speak 
in the highest terms of the methods he employs, and 
certainly they should be in a position to render intelli- 



gent and convincing judgment. Dr. Strout, was born in 
Gorham, Me., and succeeded Albert Evans in 1807, un- 
der the firm name of Evans & Strout, assuming full cur- 
trol of the business in 1873. He utilizes good sized 
apartments, and has every facility at his hand for 1 lie 
practice of dentistry in all its branches in accordan 'f 
with the most approved methods. All work is fully 
guaranteed, and the scale of prices is moderate and sai- 
isfactorj-. 



THE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSUR- 
ANCE Co. of Newark, N. J. August H. Ford, Special 
Agent for Maine. Office '28 Exchange St., Portland, Me. 
Wo feel confident that no better advice can be given 
those coptemplating the insuring of their lives than to 
counsel them to take out policies in the Mutual Benefit 
Life Insurance Company of Newark, N. J., for while 
this company issues all kinds of regular policies and 
annuities, it does not issue complicated and speculative 
policies which are cunningly drawn up so as to appear 
perfectly equitable and yet are constructed on a " heads 
I win, tails you lose" principle, which means sure and 
decided benefits for the insurer and highly uncertain and 
limited benefits for the insured. Every one of the Mut 
ual Benefit's policies is strictiv non-forf citable both as 
regards the policies and the dividends, and the latter are 
always declared annually as long as the policy remains 
in force. The record of the company during Its forty- 
six years of existence shows that it furnishes the best of 
insurance at the lowest cost prices, and that fact can be 
demonstrated to the satisfaction of any unprejudiced 
person of ordinary intelligence who will take the trouble 
to call upon or communicate with Mr. August H. Ford, 
the special agent for Maine, whose oflSce is at No. 28 
Exchange street. Mr. Ford is a native of Massachusetts ; 
served in the army during the Rebellion, and has repre- 
sented the Mutual Benefit Company in Portland since 
1880. He is very favorably known throughout this sec- 
tion and being thoroughly familiar with the subject of 
life insurance is admirably qualified to represent a com- 
pany that finds its best field where that subject is most 
thoroughly understood. 



G. W. JONES, Carriages Built and Repaired, 

Sign and Awning Hanging. No. 501 Fore St., Portland. 
Me. Among the many reliable manufacturers of Car- 
riages, there are none, so far as we know, who need less 
said in favor of their work than does Mr. G. W. Jonesj 
for each job done by him brings a second, .and the 
reliable work done in his establishment is his best refer- 
ence. Some men are always looking for cheap prices 
and these men usually get cheap work done and suft'er 
accordingly. But there are many who are not to be sci 
easily imposed upon and this class naturally prefer to 
do business with such a manufacturer as Mr. G. W. 
Jones, for this gentleman has been identified with the 
building and repairing of Carriages since 1882, and his 
reputation for turning out honestly constructed vehicles 
at fair prices is unsurpassed in Portland. Mr. Jones 
was born in Portland, and is extensively known through- 
out the city, and it is generally conceded among the 
trade that his productions are equal to the best in every 
respect. The premises occupied are located at No. 501 
Fore St., and thoroughly fitted up for the manufacturing 
of Carriages, and General Jobbing in Iron Work. Speciid 
attention is given to all kinds of repairing, also to Sign 
and Awning Hanging all of which will be done in a neat 
and durable manner. Employment is given to careful 
and competent assistants, and the lowest market rates 
are quoted, both on new work and on repairing, that is 
to say, the lowest rates consistent with the use of good 
material and the honest filling of every order. 



Pknix Mutual Life Insurance Co. 

OF HAHTFOHD, COHH- 

S. H. McALPINE, Manager for Maine and New Brunswick, 191 Middle St., Portland. 



The Phcenix Mutual Life Insurance Company has had an office in Portland for about 
25 years and for just about half that time, or since 1878, has been represented by the present agent, 
Mr! S. H. McAlpine. He is a native of Connecticut, served in the army during the Eebellion, 
became a resident of Portland in 1865 and is very widely known in Portland both in and out of 
insurance circles, being a member of the legal profession and having been connected with the school 
committee, and being an active and public spirited citizen. ^Ir. McAlpine is general agent for 
Maine and Xew Brunswick of the Phcenix Mutual, — a company having assets of over $10,000,000 
anil ranking with the oldest, strongest and best in the world. It issues all the approved forms of 
policy, but not one more popular than that appropriately described as "a new Savings Bank Life 
Insurance Policy, that guarantees to take care of your money and at the same time will protect 
your family in case of your death." 

An idea of the nature, cost and advantages of this policy may be gained from the following 
example: 

AT AGE 30, INVESTMENT $10,000. 

Twenty Annual Deposits of ^-5233.00 each will realize at Sixty-five ^ie»,000 in cash. 



Statement of Cost and Result. 

Total Deposits tn 20 yf.aks, - $8,472 

Less Total Dividends (estimated), - - - - 2,118 



Net, ------- .*6,354 

Oaslx X'' til vies, stated and guaranteed in the jjolicy are as follows: 

Withdrawal Value of Deposits in 5 years, • - SI, 340 

" •' " 10 " - 3,030 

" " " 15 " - - 5,240 

" " " 20 " ■ - - 8,040 

" •> " 25 " - - 9,800 

" •• •' 30 " - - 12,220 

j\.t {SisKt^'^fi've, the depositor has free choice of five options, as follows: Fir.st — Cash, 
¥15.(»0(I.*' Second — Paid up Insurance SL'0. 000. Third — SL', 000 annuity for life. Fourth — 
Paid up Insurance for slo.OOO, and Cash >'7,500. Fifth— Cash S'.SOO, and annuity for 
life, $1,000. 

In case of death, at any time. SIO.OOO will be paid to bcncliciaries. 

After tukee years, paid u]) policy for as many twentieths as deposits have been maile. 

Incontestable after two years from date of issue. - 

Certainly such an offer, made by a thorouglily reliable comi)any, is worthy of investigation at 
least, and all desired information may be obtained by ap])lying in person or by letter to 
Mr. McAlpine. 



""onneotcd Willi tlic I'oitliind ollice of the tonipnnj- ari' also Mr. George L. Swett, formerly Assistant 

Postmaster at I'ortlaml. Mr. M. L. Dillingham ai)d Mr. 1$. ('. Donaliue, formerly in mercantile business, ami Mr. 
George A. Mills, well known in insiiranco circles. Mr. il. .\. Barrett represents the company in Aroostook ami 
Mr. Frank R. Dooley at IJungor. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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BARKEK :MANUFACTURIXG CO. are the 

oldest and largest 
Manufacturers o f 
Canning House Ma- 
chinery iu the Unit- 
ed States, and are 
ready to supply the 
Packers with any- 
thing they may need 
at reasonable prices. 
Office and Factory, 
485 to 489 Fore St., 
Portland, Me. J. L. 
Wesley. Treas. and 
Manager. To be 
really valuable, can- 
n i n g house ma- 
chinery must be 
simple, strong, dur- 
able, rapid and ac- 
SiLKiNG Machine. curate in operation 

and capable of being used to advantage by persons of 
ordinary intelligence without long practice. It is 
because the machinery made by the Barker Manufac- 
turing Company combines all "these points that it is 
endorsed and used by the leading packing houses and 
gains steadily iu popularity every season. It is " built 
for business "and has nothing in common with that 
particularly aggravating and worthless kind of ma- 
chinery which works well when used by a skilled hand 
under favorable 
conditions but 
which has a trick 
of getting out of 
order in the 
height of the sea- 
son or just when 
its services are 
most indispensa- 
ble. The Barker ^^^^ 
Manuf actu ring 
Co. are the old- Power Corn Cutter. 
est and largest manufacturers of canning house ma- 
chinery in the United States, they carrying on the busi- 
ness founded by the late Volney Barker, and manufac- 
turing and selling all the Barker packing m.achines, 
which include a hand power corn cutter, of a capacity of 
3,000 pounds per day ; a steam power cutter working on 
just the same principle and having a capacity of 10,000 
cans per day ; a patent can washer, the only machine for 
that purpose (cleaning the tops of cans after filling, 
preparatory to capping and sealing), and having a 
capacity of from 15 to 20 thousand cans per day ; and 
a patent can filler whose capacity is 40 thousand cans 
per day, and which practical packers say will pay for 
itself in one season by the amount of material it saves, 
to say nothing of its other advantages. The company 
have a factory at Nos. 485 to 489 Fore street, and are 
prepared to fill orders at very short notice and at rea- 
sonable prices. The business is under the direct control 
of Mr. J. L. Wesley, who acts as treasurer and manager 
and gives personal attention to the filling of all orders, 
being determined to maintain the unequelled reputation 
of the Barker machines and to keep the service at the 
highest standard of efficiency. Barker Manufacturing 
Co. are ready to supply the packers with anything the)' 
may need at reasonable prices. They are eastern agents 
for one of the largest printing and publishing iiouses in 
the United States, and have one of the best lines of 
fancy labels in the United States, and can supply the 
packers with large or small lots, from 15 to 25 per cent, 
cheaper than can be bought from any other firm. They 
are also agents for a very large seed and vegetable 
house, and can supply the packers with a variety of 
seed corn, tomatoes, beans, peas, etc., etc. They are 
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agents for the Portland company's retorts. These re- 
torts are used by all first-class packers in the United 
States. They also manufacture and can supply the 
packers with fire pots, bath room fire pots, engines, 
boilers, shafting, pulleys hangers, belting, and in fact 
everythmg that is needed in a first-class canning house. 

CHADBOURN & KENDALL, Importens and 
Jobbers of Woolens and Tailors' Trimmings, 220 Middle 
and 12 Temple Streets, Portland, Me. Hathaway's cele- 
brated shirts a specialty. The firm of Chadbourn & 
Kendall was formed away back in 1854 and has been very 
prominently identified with the advancement of the best 
interests of Portland as a trade center ever since that 
date, for the policy of this representative has ever been 
liberal, reliable .and progressive, and the magnitude of 
the business, both in its wholesale and its retail depart- 
ments, shows that the trade aud the general public ap- 
preciate honorable and energetic methods even when 
unaccompanied by that self-assertion which many houses 
seem to consider essential to success. Mr. Chadbourne 
died in 1888, but no change has been made in the firm- 
name, although Messrs. J. A. Kendall and A. A. Kendall 
are now sole proprietors. Both these gentlemen are 
natives of Maine, Mr. J. A. Kendall having been born in 
Alfred, and Mr. A. A. Kendall in Norway. The firm 
are importers, jobbers, and retailers of Woolens and 
lailors' Trimmings, and utilize premises located at No. 
22J Middle and No. 12 Temple streets, and comprising 
three floors and a basement, each measuring 30x110 feet. 
Considering the great amount of space available it is 
hardly necessary to add that a very large .'tock is car- 
ried, enabling all orders to be filled at very short notice. 
A specialty is made of Hathaway's celebrated shirts • 
and those who have tested these goods need not be told 
that in all the essentials of fit, comfort, style and dura- 
bility they have few equals and no superiors in the 
market. 



BEAESE, MURPHY & CO., Wholesale deal- 
ers in Notions, Clocks. Jewelry, Spectacles and Eye 
Glasses, Violin Strings, Harmonicas, French Brier Pipes 
and Smokers' Articles, Pocket Cutlery, Stationery, Per- 
fumeries, Druggists' Sundries, etc., etc.; 225 1-2 Middle 
opposite head of Union Street, Portland, Maine. It 
would seem to be obvious that one must buy to advan- 
t.age iu order to be able to sell to advantage, but this 
fact is apparently lost sight of by some retail dealers 
and the result is they find it diflicult or impossible to 
survive the close competition which now characterizes 
about every branch of trade. By buying to advantage 
we mean not simply purchasing at the lowest market 
rates, but being supplied with dependable and desirable 
goods and having all orders filled promptly and accu- 
rately; and as the policy pursued by Messrs. Bearse, 
Murphy & Co., ensures such a service to their customers 
it is natural that they should have built up an extensive 
and still rapidly increasing trade since beginning opera- 
tions in 1885. The firm is composed of Messrs. George 
C. Bearse and Thomas J. Murphy, both of whom are 
natives of Portland and are very generally and favora- 
bly known throughout this section. They do an exclu- 
sively wholesale business in Xotions, Clocks, Jewelry, 
Spectacles and Eye Glasses, Violin Strings, Harmonicas, 
French Brier Pipes, Smokers' articles in general. Pocket 
Cutlery, Stationery, Perfumery, Druggists Sundries, etc. 
always carrying a complete stock, and with the aid of 
5 assistants filling all orders at very short notice. Their 
store is located at No. 225 1-2 Middle street, opposite 
head of Union street, and merchants visiting Portland 
would do well to call at this establishment and see how 
well prepared the firm are to ofler exceptional induce- 
ments. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




J. & E. R. BARBOTTK, Su|,|,li,. i,,i Mills, 
Steaiuci'S, hikI Kailroiids, Stesin Aiipliinn i - di all kinds, 
Engineers' Specialties, Nos. S and 10 Kxrliauj^e Street, 
Portland, Me. The business conducted under the style 
of J. & K. It. Barbour may be said to have been estab- 
lished in 1801, for it was then that Mr. Robert liaibour 
began operations here, utili/.ing premises occupying the 
same site that is used to-day, but the business was 
radically different from that now carried on, it consist- 
ing of tiie manufacture of boots and shoes, by hand. In 
1827 the- tlrm of lioliert ISarbour & Son was formed, and 
in 18(i.5 the present firm-name was ado|(te(l, it being 
retained despite the death of Mr. .(ohn Unrbonr in I8S8. 
Mr. K. 1{. IJarbour is a native of Portland, and Is 
doubtless the besUknown man in his line of business in 
Maine. The concern deal In supplies for mills, steamers 
and railroads; steam appliances of all kinds, and 
c-ngineerg' specialties. All kinds of rubber goods will 
be nuide to order at short notice, this tlrm being agents 
for the Hostou Ueltlug Company and being prepared to 



execute all commissions on the most favorable terms. 
Among the more important articles dealt in may be 
mentioned engines and boilers, steam pumps, injectors 
and ejectors, .steam and vacuum gauges, belting, hose and 
packing, engineers' tools, cylinder, engine and com- 
pression cups, wrenches of every description. Jenkins" 
valves and packing, feed water heaters, lubricating oils 
and compounds, asbestos goods and hair felt, grate b.irs, 
flue bruslies and scrapers, black diamond files, Garlock's 
packing, brass polish, die plates, stocks and dies, jiop 
safety valves, iron and brass pipe and fittings, belling 
and belt hooks and fasteners. The premises comprise 
three floors and a basement, located at Nog. 8 and 10 
Exchange St., and aflords accommodation to a very 
large and complete stock at all times. Employment is 
given to 5 assistants, and every order is assured prompt 
and careful attention. 



"W. S. SANBOEX (Successor to George H. 
McKenney & Co.,), Dealer in Choice Groceries, Provis- 
ions and Meat, Xos. 3.") and 37 Pearl .Street, Portland, 
Me. Telephone 3-lo-B. It is hardly necessary to remind 
our readers that there is a great variety of articles 
included under the head of groceries and provisions, and 
that the concern dealing in such articles must carry au 
extensive stock if it is to bej prepared to fill all orders 
entrusted to it, promptly and satisfactorily. Certainly 
the stock to be found at the establishment of Mr. W. 
S. Sanborn, at No. 3.5 and -37 Pearl St., Portland, would 
seem to be sufficiently large to allow of all conmiissions 
being executed without delay, and a further inspection 
shows it to be as varied as it is large, and in short just 
such an assortment as it would naturally seem that a 
man of Mr. Sanborn's experience and ability would 
choose. He is a successor ofjMessrs. Geo. H. McKenney 
& Co., assuming full control of the business in 1889, anil 
has built up a thriving retail trade, as his prices are in- 
variably as low as the market will permit, and the quality 
of the goods handled is unsurpassed. Tiie premises 
utilized comprise one?floor and a basement, each 30x00 
feet in (liraensions. This space is fully taken advantage 
of. and the large and varied stock constantly carried 
includes groceries, provisions, meats, etc. Employment 
is given to three assistants, and all customers are served 
not only promptly, -but also courteously, and special 
pains taken to deliverjOrders witli perfect accuracy. Mr. 
Sanborn is a native of Naples, Me., and is well known 
in the business circles of Portland. Orders received 
through telephone Xo. 34J)-I?, will be strictly attended 
to in every particular. 



GALT BLOCK WAREHOUSE CO., Simeon 
Malone, Manager. No. .5 and G Gait Block, ("ommercial 
Street, Portland, Me. The question of storage is a very 
important one in every trade centre, and the facilitie-; 
afforded b}' the Gait Block Warehouse <\)mpany an- 
certainly wortny of very prominent mention in a book 
treating of Portland's commercial interests, for they an- 
■SO extensive and desirable as to have au important 
bearing upon the mercantile welfare i<f the city. The 
ofllce of the company is at Xos. 'i aud fi Gait Block. 
Commercial St., and the business is under the direct 
management of Mr. Simeon Malone; Mr. E. A. Norlon 
being president of the company. The premises available 
are easily accessible, dry and desirable in every way and 
are very commodious, and e(juipped with all necessary 
facilities for the handling of such commodities as they 
are designed to receive, while they are so constructed 
and arranged as to enable insurance to be obtained on 
stored goods at the most favorable rates. The company 
are moderate in their charges, and give prompt and 
careful attention to all commuulcatious. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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K^. or. :BUFeROWK^S «& CO., 

I MPROVE D WIRE SCREENS, 




OUR NEW BRICK FACTORIES, ERECTED 1885, 1888, 1890, ARE THE 

Largest Screen Factories in the World. - - - - 
IMPROVED- WIRE WINDOW AND DOOR SCREENS 




are an efl'ective bar agaiust flies, mosquitoes, moths, and 
ijtiier insect pests, and save more than their cost every 
year. They are made of twenty-four kiuds and colors of 
woods (beautifully finished), specially fine black en 
auieled wire netting, and handsome hardware. Our win- 
dow screens slide like a sash, and may be used at top of 
windows as well as lower part. Wine-tenths of our work 
is making screens to order for new houses. We have 
screened more than 20,000 houses in 39 States. Refer- 
iiK-es from any locality. We sell direct to owners at 
lowest wholesale prices. Our prices are no higher than 
charged by carpenters for cheap work. If you want to 
buy screens, and will write us number needed, we wil 
send you our catalogue, samples, jnices and directions. 
We have offices and salesmen to show samples in all 
large cities. 

WORKS and OFFICE: 

COR. SPRING and CENTER STS., 



1 of our No. 62 Single Screen-Door, Hung. POR 1 LAND, MAlINlli. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



WILLIAM HASKINS & SON, Southern 
Fine and Cypress Timber and Lumber by the cargo, No. 
75 State Street, Boston ; Portland office 446 rommcrcial 
St. The firm of William FlaskinsA Sou began operations 
in Portland in ISSt), but the business with which they are 
identified is of much earlier origin than that, it having 
been founded many years ago in Boston, where the 
headquarters of the concern are still located. The 
Portland office is at No. 44f; Commercial street, and the 
premises here utilized comprise a portion of Deake's 
wharf and are fitted up with extensive facilities for the 
handling of spruce lumber, in which Messrs. William 
Haskins & Son deal by the cargo. Employment is 
given to 12 or 15 assistants in this city, and the firm are 
prepared to execute commissions at exceptionally short 
notice and on the most favorable terms, furnishing lum- 
ber of standard rjuality at the very lowest prevailing 
rates. Mr. W. W. Higgs acts as their agent in Portland, 
and the flourishing condition of their business here in- 
dicates that the interests of the firm and of their cus- 
tomers are in excellent hands. 

J. S. WINSLOW <& CO., Ship Brokers, and 
dealers in Ship Stores and Chandlery, Agents Eevere 
Copper Co., Nos. 1.35 and i:!7 ('(unuiercial Street, Port- 
land, Maine. No one at all familiar with the facts would 
for an instant think of disputing the right of the firm of 
,1. S. Winslow & Co. to be accorded a leading position 
in a review of Portland's representative mercantile 
house, for this concern is representative in the best and 
fullest sense of the word, it having been founded nearly 
thirty years ago, and having made a record and estab- 
lished a reputation for enterprise and for honorable deal- 
ing unsurpassed by any house in the entire state. The 
senior partner is a native of Pembroke, Me., has been 
identified with the business from the start and is one of 
the best-known merchants in the city; he having long 
resided here and having served on the city council and 
for two vears as State Representative. He is associated 
with Me'ssrs. E. W. Clark and W. W. Merrill, who are 
also natives of the Pine Tree State. The firm do a very 
large business as Ship Brokers and dealers in Ship Stores 
and chandlery, they supplying both wholesale and re- 
tail buyers, and carrying a very heavy stock, requiring 
the occupancy of five spacious floors ; the premises be- 
ing Unated at Nos. 1.'55 and 137 Commercial street. Be- 
ing agents for the Ilevere Copper Company they are 
prepared to supply any or all of the productions of that 
famous concern at manufacturer's prices ; and it may be 
added that no house is in a position to quote lower fig- 
ures on dependable Ship Stores and Chandlery of all de- 
scriptions. 

UNION GEANITE CO., Mannfactuior.s of 
.Monumental and Building Work; Cemetery Work a 
Specialty; First-Class Work Guaranteed; Office and 
Works Foot of Wilmot Street, Portland, Me. It is un- 
doubtedly true that inferior work in stone is dear at any 
price, hut it is also true that nothing is to be gained by 
paying fancy prices for either monumental or building 
work as long as so reliable a concern as the Union 
Granite Company stands ready to fill orders at short 
notice and at uniformly moderate rates. This company 
was organized in lS80,"the proprietors being Messrs. J. 
M. I>unt, E. Crabtree and B. W. Meader; the last-named 
a native of Deering and both his associates of Falmouth. 
The company manufacture monumental and building 
work In general, but make a leading specialty of ceme- 
tery work, and produce some of the most artistic monu- 
ini-nts, tablets, etc., that are made in the state, — both the 
design and the workmanship being of the very highest 
order of excellence. Estimates will be cheerfully made 
on application, and we can assure such of our readers as 
contemplate placing orders for cemetery work that it 




will pay them to communicate with this representative 
concern, for they do not allow themselves to be under- 
sold in the supplying of strictly high grade work. 
Orders for the lettering, resetting, etc., of headstones 
and monuments will be filled at short notice, a large 
force of experienced assistants being employed. The 
office and works are at the foot of VVilmot street, and 
callers may depend uponreceivingprompt and courteous 
attention, finished work, designs, etc.. being cheerluUy 
shown. 

STICKNEY OIL BUENEK CO., Manufactur- 
ers of Oil Burners for Heating Soldering Coppers. Etc., 
No. 57 Union Street, Portland, Maine. The Stickney 
Oil Burner Company was incorporated in 1890 with a 

capital of $9000, 
Mr. H.R. Stick- 
ney being pres- 
ident and Mr. 
0. K. Nelson 
treasurer. The 
c o m !> any are 
manufacturers 
of oil burners, 
using refined oil 
as well as crude 
oil for heating soldering coppers, bolts, rivets, etc., and 
also make burners for steam boilers, oil burning launches 
and all similar work where kerosene oil is used as fuel. 
The burners work on the principle of the atomizer, an 
intensely hot flame of air and finely atomized oil being 
projected into the flre-pot, — the result being a fire that 
is very easily controlled ; economical in the consumi)tion 
of fuel and absolutely safe from danger of explosion, 
etc. The construction of the burner is extremely sim- 
ple, and it has a large oil duct, well proviiled with strain- 
ers so that it will never stop up. Although the company 
was not incorporated until 1800, these burners have been 
tested by more than three years of constant use under 
practical, everyday conditions, and the following sam- 
ple testimonials taken from the many received by the 
manufacturers will show what is thought of them by 
purchasers : 

Portland, Mk., September 10, 1890. 
Stickney Oil Burner Co., Portland, Maine. 

Gentlemen:— Last spring we put in pevf ral of your Oil Burners. 
nnti they liave been in constant use ever since. It givi's us pleasure 
to say tliey have Riven perfect satisfaction. The Stickney Oil Burn- 
er is a powerful heater, never gets out of order and is ver>- econom- 
ical, the cost of oil for each Burner not exceeding five cent* jjer day 
of ten hours. Respectfully, 

THK TWITCnELL-CHAMPLlN CO. Per James P. Chaniplin. 
Eastpobt, Me., Sept. 11, 1890. 
Stickney Oil Bunter Co., Portland. Me. 

Gintlemen:— We have been using flfiy of your Burners in our 
factory since June, and will say that they have given perfect satis- 
faction. With them we find that our men can do ti-n per cent more 
work than with the ordinary coke or charcoal stoves. 

Yours truly, GEO. O. GRAPY .S: CO. 

Hurricane Isle, Me., Octotjer 19th. 1890. 
The Slirkney Oil Bvrner Co., Portland, Me. 

Gentlemen:— We mail you check to cover amount of your bill for 
burners, retorts, etc. When we ordered the flre-pots, etc., from you 
we were very much in doubt as to the expediency of putting in 
the plant, thinking the advantages to be gBme<l, if any, would not 
warrant I be outlay. We have given tbeni three nionlhs' trial and 
would not be without them if the cost was double. ' 

Yourstruly, HURRICANE ISLE PACKING CO. 

PoRTiJiND, Me., Januarj' 7th, 1889. 
H. R. Stickney, City, 

Dear Sir:— We have some of your Oil Burners in our fai-tory here, 
and are very much pleased with them. They give a steady, hot 
llame, and we consider them much safer a-s reganls fin* risk than 
charcoal or gasoline. POKTLANK PACKING CO. 

" An ounce of fact is worth a ton of theory," and the 
experience of practical men as dutlined in the above 
testimonials Is convincing evidence of the uiiequalled 
value of the Stickney burner. All communications 
addressed to 57 Union St. will receive prompt and 
careful attention. 



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THOS. G. HARRIS & CO., 
Commission ^^ vDerchants, 

MERCHANDISE BBOKERS AND AGENTS, 



No. 9 Exchange Street, 



PORTLAND, ME. 



Telei>l:io»-ie S13— J3. 



OARTEE BEOTHERS, Diamonds, Fine 
Watches, Jewelry, Sterliug Silver and Best Plated Ware, 
Watches aud Jewelry carefully repaired. 521 Congress 
St., corner Casco, Portland, Me. Although one of the 
most prominent characteristics of the establishment con- 
ducted by Messrs. Carter Brothers is its reliability, it 
would be incorrect to offer this as the explanation of the 
great popularity the store enjoys, for many other reli- 
able jewelry stores can be found in the city, but the 
truth of the matter is the public like to do business with 
a firm that is not only reliable but enterprising, that not 
only gives full value for money received but gives its 
patrons an opportunity to choose from the very latest 
fashionable novelties in all the various lines of goods 
it handles. Messrs. Carter Brothers carrj' on a 
business founded by Mr. A. Dennyon in 1855, and under 
their control since 1872. The partners are Messrs. A. 
.and J. W. D. Carter, both New Hampshire men by 
birth, the former being a native of Hanover and the 
latter of Concord. Premises located at No. 521 Congress 
St., corner of Casco, are occupied, they having an area 
of about 1200 square feet and being very completely 
fitted up, the stock of Diamonds, Fine Watches, Jewelry, 
Sterling Silver and Best Plated Ware, etc., being dis- 
played to excellent advantage. Every facility is at hand 
for the repairing of watches aud jewelry in a superior 
manner and as employment is given to from to 8 as- 
sistants orders can be filled without delay, moderate 
prices are quoted in every department of the business 
and no trouble is spared to thoroughly satisfy every 
customer. 

ROSENBERG BROS., Continental Clothing 
and Gents' Furnishing Goods House, Hats and Caps, at 
wholesale and retail. We buy our goods for spot cash 
and will sell at the lowest possible prices. 373 Fore 
Street, opp. head of Moulton Street, Portland, Maine. 
Clothing is generally divided into two classes, custom- 
made and ready-made, but many people apparently fail 
to realize that there are numerous sub divisions in these 
classes, and as a consequence expose themselves to the 
chance of imposition. First class ready-made clothing 
is for all practical purposes fully the equal of that made 
to order, while it is obtainable at a much lower figure, 
and it is so far superior to the "cheap" tailoring now 
so common in the market that comparison is almost out 
of the question. This establishment which is conducted 
by Rosenberg Bros, as a wholesale and retail, known as 
the Continental Clothing House, is bound to succeed in 
gaining popularity and the confidence of the residents of 
this city if they carry out the methods which they adver- 



tise on their card. They buy their goods for spot cash, and 
promise to sell at the lowest possible prices. Although 
this house has been under way but a few years, having 
been started in 1889, yet it has gained a large share of 
the trade in this line and it is growing in favor as fast 
as the patrons prove the worth of the goods purchased 
here. The line of clothing, gents' furnishing goods, 
hats and caps which thej' offer will be found of a 
superior quality and make. They have also a full line 
of tailors' trimmings. This store is located at No. 373 
Fore Street, opp. head of Jloulton Street, Portland, Me. 
The premises comprise two floors, each 20 x 60 feet in 
dimensions. Customers are assured prompt and polite 
attention. The firm consists of Mr. Simon Rosenberg, 
who is a native of Germany, and Mr. Samuel Rosenberg, 
a native of Portland, Me. 



WARDWELL & CLIFFORD, Dealers in 
Groceries and Provisions, Flour, Canned Goods, Etc., 
Cor. Pearl and (^'umberland Streets, Portland, Me. In 
the purchasing of groceries and provisions, as of any 
other articles, it is often possible to make a decided 
saving by visiting some establishment where the stock 
handled is the largest and best, and even if no lower 
prices are granted than are quoted elsewhere it general- 
ly happens that the goods themselves are apt to be 
superior either in grade or freshness, to those supplied 
by a house handling a much smaller quantity. The 
reasons for this are obvious and certainly require no 
elaboration, so we will simply call attention to a house 
which will be found a very desirable one to patronize if 
anything in the line of groceries, provisions, flour, 
canned goods, etc., of the best quality be wanted. We 
refer to that carried on by the firm of Wardwell & Clif- 
ford, at the corner of Pearl and Cumberland streets, 
and are perfectly confident that a trial order given to 
this firm will show much more i)lainly than words can 
the manifold advantages they have to offer their cus- 
tomers. The premises occupied cover an area of some 
800 square feet, and an immense stock is carried, being 
required by the business done, which is retail and Is of 
large aud increasing proportions, requiring the services 
of thoroughly capable assistants. Messrs. E. S. Ward- 
well and I.. C. Clifford are both natives of Portland, and 
do a strictly first-class business. All customers are as- 
sured courteous treatment, while the quality of the 
various goods handled is guaranteed to be just as rep- 
resented, and we would therefore advise those who have 
not already done so to call at this establishment and in- 
spect the goods and prices. 



ISO 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




want" hag been used so often 
and worn so threadbare that it 
deserves honorable retirement 
from active service, but it is so 
I'ompactly descriptive a term 
that it can hardly be spared 
Mnd we must utilize it once 
more in referring to the enter- 
prise conducted by Mr. C. E. 
Bean, at 549 Congress street, 
for this undertaking most cer- 
tainly has supplied a "long felt 
want,'" as is evidenced by the 
cordial support given it "since 
its inception in 1877. Mr. 
Mean handles specialties in dry 
and fancy goods, Trimmings, 
furnishings and housekeeping 
iroods, and his stock is worthy 
I he careful inspection of everj' 
lady in the city and adjacent 
rowns, for it "is remarkably 
complete and desirable, and 
comprises not a few articles 
wliich it would be difficult, if 
not impossible, to find else- 
where in this vicinity. His 
jilace of business, though a 
small store, is a busy place. 
Ills stock in trade is displayed 
lo excellent advantage, being 
tastefully and conveniently 
arranged so that examination 
is easy and ])leasant. Mr. Beau 
makes a jiracticc of giving 
indmpt attention to the filling 
nf all orders, and svitli the aid 
of four assistants is prepared 
to assure immediate and courte- 
ous service to all who may 
favor his establishment with a 
call. 



.-^IIAW, (.(,)1)L\(. vV ( ().. .M.iiiuf.i.tiii.i.s ul 
Boots and Shoes, 154 to 16U Middle Street, Portland, 
Me., Horace 11. Shaw, Edwin L. Coding. Messrs. 
Shaw, Coding & Co. make a specialty of the manufac- 
ture of ladies", misses' and children's'maehine sewed and 
hand turned boots, shoes and slippers, and as they 
utilize one of tlie most complete and improved plants in 
Maine, have had long experience in tiie business and are 
thoroughly conversant with the needs of the i)ublic, it 
is not suri>risiiig that their productions are furnished to 
the trade at prices that make them ])rofitable to handle, 
will compare favorably with any of similar grade as 
regards style, beauty, ease and durability, and give the 
best of satisfaction to both dealers and consumers. 
This business was founded by Messrs. C. H. Breed <fc 
Co., who, after 1.") years, were succeeded, in ISfill, by 
Messrs. W'alden & Shaw, they giving place to the pres- 
ent lirm in 187:i. The partners are Messrs. H. H. Shaw 
and E. L. Coding, the former a native of Hampden and 
the latter of Livermore, Maine. The concern occupy 
premises at Nos. 154 to 1(!0 Middle street, comprising 
four floors and a basement and measuring .")0xl5n feet. 
Emi)loyment is given to about 300 operatives, and tlie 
process of manufacture is very carefully supervised, no 
l)aiMs being spared to fully maintain the higli reputa- 
tion the product of this factory has long enjoyed. 

C. E. BEAN, Dry and Fancy Good.s, Trim- 
mings, Furnishings and Housekeeping Goods, No. 549 
Congress Street, Portland. The ])hrase "a long felt 



( liAi;Li;.s li. liAIN, (Successor to Bain, 
Russell it Co.,) Grocer, Ship Stores and Ship Chandlery 
Furnished at Sliort Notice and Low Prices, 119 
Commercial Street, Portland, Me. An enterprise which 
has been in continuous and successful operation for fully 
half a century is certainly entitled to a leading position 
among tlie representative commercial undertakings 
carried on by Portland houses, especially when, as is 
the case with tliat conducted by Mr. Charles H. Hain, it 
has an unsurpassed reputation for the reliability and 
efficiency of the methods employed in its management. 
The enterprise to which we have reference was 
inaugurated in 1840 by Messrs. Perley, Kussell A Co., 
and in 1884 came under the control "of Messrs. Hain, 
Russell & Co., the present proprietor assuming sole 
control in 18SS. He is a native of Portland, and is too 
generally known throughout that city and vicinity to 
render extended personal mention necessary. Mr. Bain 
is a grocer, and a dealer in ship stores \\\A ship 
chandlery of all descriptions; he utilizing four floors of 
the dimensions of 25xfiO feet, carrying a very large and 
varied stock, and being prepared to furnisli anytliing in 
his line in .quantities to suit, at short notice and at low- 
rates; the quality of the supplies being guaranteed in 
every care to prove as represented. The store is 
located at No. ll'.l Commercial .St., and is largely 
patronized by retail as well by wholesale buyers, for 
the assortment of family groceries and ship chandlery is 
very comi)lete and desirable, and the service is prompt 
and efficient at all times. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



•51 



LINCOLN $( ALLEN, 



i^s. 



20 Custom House Wharf, Portland, Me. 

fleui and Seeond-hand Canvas Covers Constantly on Hand. 
ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 



GEORGE GREENLEAF & CO., Reliable 
Dealers in Wall Papers, Window Shades and Fixtures, 
Cords, Tassels, Room Mouldings, Etc., Cor. Congress 
and Temple Sts., Portland, Maine. The business 
carried on by Geo. Greeuleaf & Co. was founded in 1887 
by Messrs Huntress & Co., who were succeeded by the 
present tirm in 1889. Messrs Greenleaf & Co. are 
regarded as among our most enterprising business men 
in this vicinity. .Their store is very attractively stocked, 
and the prices on the goods oflered are uniformly 
moderate, while the articles are in every instance 
guaranteed to prove as represented. The premises 
occupied are located at the corner of Congress and 
Temple Streets. They comprise one floor and basement 
each 20 x 40 feet in dimensions. A specialty is made of 
w.all papers, window shades and fixtures, and their 
assortment is well worthy of inspection, for it comprises 
the latest and most tasteful novelties in this line, as well 
as a full supply of more staple goods. Orders for 
window shades will be given [irompt and careful 
attention, a particular branch of this business being to 
fit window sJiades to any sized window. They also 
carry a full line of cords, tassels, room mouldings, etc., 
etc., which will be found of the best qualitj-, and of the 
newest patterns and designs. There are two assistants 
employed, and although an extensive business is done, 
callers may safely depend upon receiving immediate and 
intelligent attention. Mr. Geo. Greenleaf is a native of 
Stark, Me. 

M. C. HUTCHI^^SON, Plumber. 181^ Brack- 
ett St., Portland. It is said there is no loss without some 
gain, and with equal truth it may be said that there is 
no gain without some loss, and an example illustrating 
this point is aflbrded by the fact that the great gain in 
convenience made by introducing sinks, wash bowls, 
water closets, etc., in our houses is off-set to some 
extent by the risk thereby entailed of introducing 
poisonous sewer-gas also, yet there is no necessity for 
the introduction of a particle of sewer gas, for if the 
plumbing be properly designed and executed there will 
be no chance for any thing from the sewer to enter the 
house, and right here we wish to call attention to the 
character of the work done by Mr. M. C. Hutchinson, 
for he is a thoroughly experienced and reliable sanitary 
plumber and may be fully depended upon to obtain the 
very best results possible under attending conditions. 
He has a shop at No. 1814 Brackett St., and employs 
from 3 to 5 assistants, being prepared to fill orders for 
plumbing work in all its branches, at very short notice, 
and at as low rates as are consistent with the use of se- 
lected material and the employment of skilled labor. 
Repairing is given especially prompt attention and all 
such work will be durably and neatly done; no fancy 
charges being made. 



J. P. FITTS, 202.^ Commercial Street, Port- 
land, Maine. Agent for Myers Bros. & Co. Old Domi- 
nion Tobacco works. Richmond, Va. Mr. J. P. Fitts 
is a native of Bridgeport, Connei-ticut, but has been ac- 
tively engaged in Portland for more than ten years and 
is very generally and favorably known here, especially 
among the grocery and tobacco trades. He has repre- 
sented several very prominent concerns, among them 
Messrs. M. A. Jewell & Co., F. A. Smith & Co., and 
Wm. P. Kittredge & Co., and at the present time is 
agent for Messrs. Myers Brothers & Co., proprietors 
of the "Old Dominion" Tobacco Works, one of the larg- 
est and most famous establishments of the kind in the 
world. It is hardly necessary to add that Mr. Fitts is 
prepared to furnish tobacco of standard quality at the 
lowest rates, for everybody knows that the many brands 
put up by Messrs. Myers Bros. & Co. are among the 
most popular in the country and are so varied that all 
tastes can be suited, while the magnitude of the firm's 
business, and their unsurpassed facilities, enable them 
to quote positively bottom prices on all the grades they 
produce. Mr. Fitts is in a position to fill the most ex- 
tensive orders at very short notice, and all communica- 
tions adressed to his oflice. No. 2024 Commercial St., are 
assured immediate and careful attention. 



JOHN TREFETHEN, Dealer in Flour, Corn, 
Meal, Oats, Shorts, Feed, etc. No. 81 Market St., op- 
posite Post Office, Portland, Me. The only way in which 
an adequate idea of the immensity of the trade in these 
commodities can be obtained, is by a careful review of 
the concerns located in this State alone, that devote 
their entire attention to them. We find houses that were 
established decades ago identified with this branch of 
commerce, and still increasing the amount of tlieir trans- 
actions with every added year. Prominent among those 
engaged in this line of business in Portland is Mr. John 
Trefethen, who has conducted business at No. 81 Market 
St. since 1889. Business was established Iiere by Mr. 
Nathan Western who continued the same for over fifteen 
years, when he was succeeded by Mr. Trefethen. The 
premises occupied are about 30x90 feet in dimensions 
besides other storage room. A large retail business is 
carried on and no dealer in this vicinity enjoys more 
favorable relations with his customers, and no one is 
better able to supply goods at lower prices, while he 
strictly adheres to every agreement entered into. The 
goods dealt in include JFlour, Corn, Meal, Oats, Shorts, 
Feed, etc. Mr. Trefethen has gained for himself an 
enviable reputation for supplying the best quality of 
these articles which the market ailords. Customers are 
promptly attended to and orders filled at short notice. 
Mr. Trefethen is a native of Kennebunk, Me., and is 
highly esteemed as an honorable business man. 



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graceful posing and artistic lighting 
being characteristicg of all of them, 
while as regards fineness of finish they 
iiave no superiors and but few equals. 
This is high praise no doubt, but it is 
warranted by the facts, and will be 
cheerfully endorsed by all cooipeteut 
judges who have examined the work in 
(|uestion. This photograph studio was 
originally founded, and conducted for 
over twenty years by Mr. C. \V. Hearii. 
lie was succeeded by the present pro- 
prietor, Mr. F. E. Roberts, in 1800, who 
has continued the business since that 
date under the original s^yle of the 
••Hearn Studio." Mr. Roberts gives 
close attention to his business and is 
very reasonable in his prices, while the 
employment of five assistants enables 
all orders to be promptly filled. 



JAMES ELLSWORTH, Dealer 
ill .Ml Kinds of Xels, Seines and Twines, 

Xo. 14 Long Wharf, Portland, Me. But 

few people have any adequate idea of 
the magnitude and costliness of the apparatus used 
nowadays by those who make a business of fishing, for 
this apparatus has been added to from year to year until 
now the outfit of a single fishing vessel represents the 
expenditure of many hundreds of dollars. . Xets and 
seines of course occupy a prominent position in such an 
outfit, and as the results of a great deal of hard and dan- 
gerous work may easily be lost by the giving way of a 
net at a critical moment, and as there is very consider- 
able dlflference in the strength and durability of the 
various nets and seines on the market, it i^^ natural that 
a house which once has gained the reputation of furnish- 
ing thoroughly dependable articles should be liberally 
and steadily supported. Such a reputation is held by the 
enterprise carried on by Mr. James Ellsworth, and it is 
thorouf;hly well-deserved, too, for Mr. Ellsworth sells 
his gouds strictly on their merits and is prepared to war- 
rant any or all of them to prove just as represented. The 
business was carried on bv Mr. M. S. Small for about 9 



JOHN P. SQUIRE & CO., Dealers in Pork, 
Lard, Hams, Tripe, Sausages, Pigs' Feet, also Manufac- 
turers of Extra I,ard Oil, ,39 and 40Xorth Market Street, 
and 21, 23 and 2.5 P^ineuil Hall Market, Boston, P. O. 
Box ."),.32.5. .John P. Squire, Frank O. Squire, Fred F. 
Squire. Resident Agent, John H. Vo?e, Portland, Me.— 
Those who have visited the iiiimense works of John P. 
Squire & Co., at East Cambridge, Mass., no longer won- 
der that that firm should be able to furnish pork and 
pork products at the lowest market rates, for not only 
are operations carried on on an Immense scale but the 
most Improved machinery is used and the expense of 
production thereby reduced to a minimum. But Squire's 
goods owe their leading position in the market to their 
quality even more than to their cheapness, for all well- 
informed and unprejudice<l dealers will agree that their 
uniformly excellent quality is their most prominent char- 
acteristic. Mr. .John H. Vose has been resident agent 

for these goods in Portland since 1872, and is very wide- .,„ ..„„ ., -,. - ~ -. 

ly known among the trade, he selling exclusively at vears, and in 1887 passed into the possession of Messrs. 
wholesale. Mr. Vose is in a position to fill the largest Jas. Ellsworth & Co., Mr. Ellsworth ^wlio is a native of 
orders at short notice, and dealers who wish to cater to Eastport, Me.), assuming sole control in 1890. Very 
the most fastidious trade will find that goods bought spacious premises, comprising 3 floors, of the dimensions 
through him "wIM fill the bill" every time and build up of 50 x 100 feet, are utilized at Xo. 14 Long Wharf, and 
__. nets, seines and twines of all kinds are dealt in, together 

with corks, leads, rings, traps, pounds, etc. From 4 to 
10 assistants are employed, and all orders can be filled at 
short notice and at moderate rates. 

A. D. WEBBER, Manufacturer of Corn Cakes, 
Corn Balls, etc., Xo. 110 Middle Street. Portland, Me. 
Residents of Portland take a well-founded pride in their 
city and its " institutions," and one of the most popular 
establishments among them is that conducted by Mr. A. 
I). Webber at No. IKJ Middle street. There is ample 
excuse for the favorable manner in which this enterprise 
is regarded, for there is not a similar undertaking In this 
vicinity that is more liberally or progressively conducted, 
and the well arranged store'and extensive stock are cer- 
tainly worthy of the highest encomiums. Mr. Webber 
was born In Harpswell, Me., and succeeded Mr. Geo. L. 
Benchley in busiutss in 1S78. The premises made use of 
by him comprise one floor and a basement, each covering 
ail area of some 800 square feet, and the business done 
includes manufacturing and wholosaleing corn cakes, corn 
balls, etc.; about every description is made and sold, utid 
the delicious flavoring of Mr. Webber's productions is so 
well knowu that we only need give it jiasslng mention. 
Great care is exercised iu the selection of material and 



a very desirable patronage. 

The "HEARX STUDIO. " F. E. Roberts. 
Proprietor, Photographer, .514 Congress Street, Port- 
land, Me. The chief diflerence l)etweeu a really artistic 
portrait and a mechanically perfect photograph, is much 
the same as that between a draughtsman's "front eleva- 
tion" of a house and a competent artist's perspective 
■drawing of it— the one gives the form and outline cor- 
rectly enough, but looks stift' and artificial, the other 
shows the building as it actuallv appears to the eye, the 
eflects of light, shade, etc., being faithfully represented. 
Artistic portraits— pliotograi)liic and otherwise- are 
none too common, for despite the remarkable progress 
made in photography of late years the majority of so- 
called portraits are so only in name, for a "gemilne por- 
trait is a counterfeit presentment of the Individual, and 
not one photographer in ten is capable of producing 
such an article. An honorable exception must be made 
liowever. In favor of Mr. F. E. Roberts of this citv, for 
the photographic jiortraits produced at the "ilearn 
Studio," 514 Congress street, (of which he Is proprietor,) 
are worthy of unstinted praise, not onlv on account of 
their mechanical excellence, but also because of the 
careful management of accessories which they di«i)lay, 



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in its after handling, and we can confidently recommend 
the corn cakes and balls made here as being not only 
palatable, but healthful as well. Mr. Webber is in a 
position to quote bottom prices on his goods, and the 
very heavy trade he carries on is proof that the induce- 
ments he offers are generally understood, and as five 
competent and polite assistants are employed, prompt 
and courteous attention is assured to every caller. 

D. J. CONNEEN, Groceries, Meat, etc.. No. 
124 Monument Street, Portland, Me. There is nothing 
like a good hearty meal to put a man at peace with him- 
self and all mankind, and as groceries and meat are a 
necessity to such a meal, it is important to know where 
they may be bought to the best advantage. Many have 
solved the problem by patronizing the establishment 
conducted by Mr. D. J. Conneeu, at No. 124 Monument 
street, and indeed it would be very difficult to find a 
more desirable place at which to obtain anything in the 
line of groceries, meats, etc. The store occupied covers 
an area of about 600 square feet, and the goods in stock 
are abundant and varied enough to make it an easy mat- 
ter to suit all tastes and purses. The enterprise in ques- 
tion had its inception under the management of Mrs. 
Edward Conneen, she being succeeded in 1890 by the 
present proprietor, Mr. D. .J. Conneen. This gentleman 
was born in Portland, and is well known throughout the 
city. He quotes the very lowest rates and handles onlj' 
reliable goods. Employment is given two to competent 
and reliable assistants. Customers are assured prompt 
attention, while all orders receive accurate and quick 
delivery. 

C. W. DAVIS, Plumber; Telephone, 79-B ; 
No. 71 Union Street, (Under Falmouth Hotel), Portland, 
Me. It is far better to have no plumbing at all in a 
house than to have what plumbing there is improperly 
done, and the same thing may be said concerning steam 
or hot water apparatus. This is no theory of ours, but 
has been repeatedly proved by practical experience, so 
we say to our readers, " have no plumbing of any kind 
done unless you can have it done right." Fortunately 
there is no trouble in having such work properly done if 
you reside in Portland or vicinity, it being necessary 
only to place the order with Mr. C. W. Davis, doing 
business at No. 71 Union street, for he has had many 
years of long and varied experience, and has unequalled 
facilities for the filling of the largest orders at short 
notice, satisfaction being guaranteed to every customer. 
Mr. Davis is a native of this town and served ten years 
with Mr. James Miller, and makes a specialty of remedy- 
ing defective plumbing and introducing the latest im- 
provements for the thorough exclusion of sewer gases, 
also water closets, hot and cold baths, wash bowls, and the 
latest of water fixtures, for dwelling houses, hotels and 
public buildings, set up in the best manner. Jobbing 
promptly attended to. and small and large orders are 
given equally careful attention, three competent and 
reliable assistants being constantly employed, aud bot- 
tom prices quoted. 

C. B. GREENLEAF, Apothecary, Corner 
Spring and Brackett Streets, Portland, Me. One of the 
advantages gained by long residence in one city is a 
familiarity with the most reliable houses in eaeh line of 
trade, and it is no small advantage to know where to 
place orders in the full assurance that they will be 
accurately and promptly filled, especially when drugs 
and medicines are concerned. It is one of the chief aims 
of this book to afford such information as will enable 
new-comers to Portland to place orders intelligently and 
advantageously, and hence we take pleasure in making 
mention of the high character of the service oftered by 
Mr. C. B. Greenleaf. apothecary, corner of Spring and 



Brackett streets, for his reputation as a prescription 
druggist is equal to the best, his stock of drugs, medi- 
cines and chemicals is always complete and is made up 
of goods obtained from the most reliable sources, his 
prices are moderate, and he employs sufficient assistance 
to ensure prompt and careful attention to every caller. 
Special care is given to the compounding of physicians' 
prescriptions, this being recognized as the most impor- 
tant department of the business, but all the goods 
usually found in a first-clas3 city drug store are dealt in, 
and low prices are quoted on perfumery, toilet articles, 
cigars, druggists' sundries, etc. Mr. Greenleaf began 
business in Portland in 1869, and has been in his present 
location ever since 1873. 



CASCO BAY STEAMBOAT COMPANY; 

J. B. Curtis, President; C. W. T. Goding, General Man- 
ager; J. F. Liscomb, Treasurer; the Three Hundred and 
Sixty-five Island Route; Run from Portland to Peaks' 
and Long Island and Little and Great Diamond : Portland, 
Me. The beauties of Casco Bay have been so often de- 
scribed by poets and by novelists, by newspaper men 
and by private correspondents that all the reading pub- 
lic are more or less familiar with them, and the number 
of visitors to the Bay increases every summer. The 
islands in the Bay rank among the most popular, health- 
ful and beautiful of summer resorts, and the steamboat 
service to them during the season is so frequent and 
reliable as to make them practically as accessible as 
Portland itself. The Casco Bay Steamboat Company 
runs four boats— the Forest City, the Forest Queen, the 
Emita, and the Cadet.— these boats being overhauled 
every year and kept in the very best of conditon, both 
as regards machinery and hull, and as they are run by 
experienced and careful crews, it is not surprising that 
the public should have entire confidence in them and 
that accidents are unknown. The boats are run to and 
from Portland, Peaks' Island, Long Island, Little and 
Great Diamond Islands, and the rates of fare and of 
freight are very reasonable. The Casco Bay Steamboat 
Company was formed in 1SS7, it being the result of the 
consolidation of the Forest City Steamboat Company and 
the Star Line of steamers. The president is Mr. J. B. 
Curtis, the treasurer is Mr. J. F. Liscomb, and the gen- 
eral manager is Mr. C. W. T. Goding. The course taken 
by the company's boats is known as "the three hundred 
and sixty-five island route " and affords many beautiful 
aud comprehensive views of the Bay, so that it is a lead- 
ing favorite with all familiar with its advantages. 



JOHN DRYDEN. Flour Dealer and Storage, 
No. 4 Gait Block, Commercial Street, Portland, Me. Mr. 
John Dryden makes a specialty of the handling of flour, 
and as he quotes bottom prices and sells both at whole- 
sale and retail, dealers and large and small consumers 
would do well to investigate the inducements he oflers 
especially as he deals in all the standard grades and 
makes it a rule to guarantee all his goods to prove as 
represented. This business was founded a good many 
years ago, and in 187.5 came under the control of Messrs. 
T. H. Weston & Co., the present proprietor assuming 
sole possession in 1S90. He was born in Scotland, and 
has had long experience in the (lour trade, as indeed 
might readily be judged from the desirable nature of the 
service he offers. V'ery spacious premises, located at No. 
4 Gait block. Commercial street, are utilized, aud those 
looking for dry, centrally located and otherwise desirable 
storage facilities would best serve their own interests by 
communicating with Mr. Dryden, for the furnishing of 
storage is an important department of his business and 
all inquiries are assured prompt and careful attention. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




PORTLAND FOUNDRY & MACHINE 

WORKS, Daniel T. Kelley & Sons, Proprietors. Iron 
Founders. All Kinds of Castinfjs for Machinery, Ship 
Work and Building Purposes. Manufacturers of Mow- 
ing Machines, Hard Metal and Steel Plows and Cultiva- 
tors, also Dealers in all kinds of Agricultural Tools. 
Kennebec and Cross Streets, Portland, Me. Telephoue 
665-B. The Portland Foundry & Machine Works are 
located on Kennebec and Cross streets, and are so spa- 
cious, well-equipped and well-mauaged that they are 
fairly entitled to be given the leading position in their 
special line. The business was founded about a quarter 
of a century ago and lias been carried on bj- Daniel T. 
Kelley until the formation of the firm of Daniel T. Kel- 
ley & .Sons in 1890, when Messrs. James A. and George 
F. Kelley were taken into partnership. The concern 
are manufacturers of mowing machines, hard metal and 
steel plows and cultivators and are dealers in all kinds 
of agricultural tools, being prepared to furnish goods of 
standard merit at the loweft market rates. Particular 
attention is given to iron founding, and the facilities 
available are such that all kinds of castings for ma- 
chinery, ship works and building purposes can be sup- 
plied at short notice and at as low prices as are consis- 
tent with the maintenance of the high standard the pub- 
lic have learned to expect in the work done at tiiis popu- 
lar establishment. The premises utilized comprize a 
three story building 40x100 feet in size, a foundry build- 
ing measuring 87x110 feet, and another foundry build- 
ing on Cross street. The office is connected by tele- 
phone No. 06.5-8, and orders thus sent are assured as 
prompt attention as those given in person. 

M. H. TYLER & CO., at 504 Fore Street, 
Manufacture Step Ladders, Clothes Horses, Folding 
Wash Benches, etc., etc., for which they have an in- 
creasing trade. They also manufacture the well known 
household convenience, Tyler's Combined Step I/adder 
and Adjustable Bench, patented October H, 1882, and 
December 27, 1887, and is now so nearly perfect in 
design and so entirely satisfactory in material and work- 
manship that it is difficult to see what further improve- 
ment can be made. It is thoroughly made of kiln-dried 
lumber, and will stand hard usage so well that there 
seems every reason to believe it will last a life time, 
with ordinary care. This ingenious device combines 
five articles in one, each of these articles being practi- 
cally indispensible to every family. As an ironing 
board it combines many advantages, being very firm, 
adju.stable to any height and so portable that it can be 
put up anywhere; as a kitchen or sewing table it sur- 
passes all others on account of its capacity for adjust- 
ment; as an invalid's table It is superior to most of the 
devices intended for that one use and sold at a high 
price; as a wash bench it is strong enough to liold two 
heavy tubs full of water and Is adjustable to any height; 



and as a step ladder it is the equal of any 
four foot ladder in the market, as it is 
light and strong, has a shelf for a dish 
or pail of water, and may be folded up 
into very small compass and hung on a 
nail out of the way. Over 50,000 of 
these combinations have been sold 
tlirough canvassing agents, and have 
invariably given the best of satisfaction. 
The firm have every facility to enable 
them to carrj' on operations to excellent 
advantage. Any man in need of employ- 
ment, either temporary or permanent, as 
an agent, would do well to address the 
firm for terms and territory. 



W. H. WESCOTT, Manufac- 
turer of Galvanized Iron and Copper 
Gutters and Cornices. Also Tin Kooling in all its 
branches. Corrugated Iron Work of all kinds, 482 Fore 
St., cor. Cross, Portland, Maine. The name of VVescott 
is thoroughly identified with the roofing business in 
Portland and vicinity, for Mr. W. H. \\ escott began 
operations under the firm name of Wescott & Brackett, 
and the high reputation they attained has been fully 
kept up by Mr. Wescott since he assumed entire control 
of the business in 1891. Mr. Wescott does not confine 
himself only to the manufacture of galvanized iron and 
copper gutters and cornices, but has every facility to do 
tin roofing in all its branches. All kinds of tin^ sheet 
iron, copper, zinc and lead work will be made to order 
at short notice and in the best possible manner. The 
business premises occupied are located on 482 Fore 
street, and cover an area of 2.400 square feet, and are 
fitted up with the most improved labor-saving ma- 
chinery. Corrugated iron work of all kinds is made a 
specialty, such as roofing, siding, window and ridge caps, 
clapboards, mouldings, awnings, etc. We have not 
space to dwell on the advantages of iron roofing and in- 
deed arguments in its favor are not required, for its 
fire-proof and weather-resisting qualities are conceded, 
and it is also known to be the cheapest roof covering 
that has yet been found, durability considered. It is 
generally appreciated, being endorsed and recommend- 
ed by insurance companies and being more widely used 
every year. Mr. Wescott is in a position to fill all or- 
ders he may receive, at the lowest market rates, and as 
he employs seven skilled and pains-taking assistants he 
is enabled to fully guarantee satisfaction to every cus- 
tomer. Metal sky-lights a specialty. 

E. H. DUNN, 212 Federal Street, Portland, 
Maine., Manufacturer of Harnesses and Repairing. 
Economy is a virtue no doubt, but there is true and 
there is "false economy, and that it is false economy to 
purchase Inferior harness is a fact which deserves careful 
consideration. The market is flooded with "cheap"' 
harnesses, many of which are so finished as to look all 
right, but good stock and thorough workmanship cost 
money, and neither of them are at present in these 
liarnesses, as many have found-to their cost. It is not 
necessary, however, to pay a fancy price in order to get 
a good article, and in proof of this we would refer our 
readers to the establishment conducted by Mr. K. II. 
Dunn at Xo. 212 Federal street, for here may be foui;d 
a desirable stock of light and heavy harnesses, 
warranted in every respect and oflcred at uniformly 
moderate rates. This business was founded in ls.">0 by 
E. H. Dunn, who was succeeded in IS.IO by the firm of 
n. Dunn & Son, the present proprietor assuming sole 
control in 1806. This gentleman is a native of Portland. 
He occupies premises about 700 feet in size, which con- 
tains everv facility for harness manufacturing, repair- 
ing, etc. Sir. Dunn's goods will prove as represented in 
every instance, and his prices are as low as the lowest. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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M. T. QUIMBY &CO.,Watches, Clocks, Jew- 
elry and Silverware; W. J. Lucas, Manager; Monument 
Square, Under United States Hotel, Portland, Me. It is 
said that some people are so thick-skulled that a surgical 
operation is necessary in order to get an idea through 
their heads, and it would seem as If certain jewelers were 
of this class, for they don't seem to be able to appreciate 
that the day of fancy prices for jewelry and fancy 
charges for repairing has gone by, although the public 
have certainly given many proofs Chat they no longer 
will pay extravagant rates. The store carried on by 
Messrs. M. T. Quimby & Co., in Monument square, under 
the United States hotel, is an excellent example of a 
jewelry establishment managed on modern principles, 
and if you wish to see what those are just give it a call. 
It was formerly conducted by Mr. Frank P. McKenney, 
but passed into the possession of the present firm in 1891, 
and is under the direct management of Mr. W. J. Lucas, 
who is making it one of the most popular stores of the 
kind in this section of the state. The stock of watches, 
clocks, jewelry and silverware is varied and complete, 
the prices are away down to the lowest notch and the 
goods are in every case guaranteed toprove just as repre- 
sented. A specialty is made of watch and clock repair- 
ing, and the fact that a warranted main spring is put in 
for 75 cents gives some idea of the lowness of the charges 
made in this department. 



NELSON G. EMEEY, Manufacturer of and 
Dealer in Carriage and Sleigh Dimension Stock, 
Brackett's Mill, Kennebec Street, Portland, Me. Job 
Sawing, Planing, Turning, Brackets, &c. As the 
manufacture of carriages and sleighs is an important 
Portland industry, and as this city is the centre of supply 
for many towns in which the same industry is more or 
less extensively carried on, it follows that there is a 
heavy demand for carriage and sleigh dimension stock, 
and one of the most active and successful of those 
engaged in supplying this demand is Mr. Nelson G. 
Emery, carrying on operations in Brackett's Mill, 
Kennebec St., where he utilizes a complete plant of 
improved machinery and sells both at wholesale and 
retail. The business was founded by Mr. M. L. Smith, 
who gave place about 10 years ago to Mr. Lewis Pray, 
he being succeeded by the present proprietor in 1S89. 
Mr. Emery fills both large and small orders at the 
lowest market rates, and his productions are very favor- 
ably regarded by the trade and are utilized by many 
well-known carriage and sleigh makers. Job sawing, 
planing, turning and light steam bending, etc., are done 
in first-class style at short notice, and brackets, etc., 
will be made to order in any desired pattern at low 
rates. 

F. M. CLEMENT, Eastern and Northern 
Lumber. Office 432 Commercial St., Portland, Me. A 
review of the leading business men of Portland and a 
review of the lumber trade of that city would be to a 
certain extent identical, for the lumber business of 
Portland has been of immense importance almost from 
the first, and as a natural consequence has attracted 
many of the most able and progressive business men. 
One "of the most experienced and best known of our 
lumber merchants is Mr. F. M. Clement, he having been 
identified with the trade for years and being one of 
tlie largest dealers in Eastern and Northern lumber to 
be found in the city. He has a Boston office at No. 4.5 
Kilby St., and a PoVtland oflice at No. 4.S2 Commercial 
St., and is prepared to fill the very heaviest wholesale 
orders at short notice as well as at bottom rates, special 
attention being given to furnishing lumber in cargo and 
car load lots, and special inducements being offered to 
those ordering in such quantities, Mr. Clement's facilities 
being such as to enable him to easily meet all 
competition. 



C. W. T. CODING, Dealer in Provisions and 
Groceries. Nos. 40 and 42 St. Lawrence Street, Portland, 
Me. This can be truly called one of the old establish- 
ments, for business in" this line has been conducted here 
for thirty vears. It was founded by Mr. .S. N. T. (ioding 
in 1801, and he was succeeded by Mr. C. W. T. Goding 
about sixteen vears ago. It is not surprising that this 
house should be liberally patronized, for the high repu- 
tation so long since established is fully maintained by 
the present proprietor, who endeavors to place before his 
customers the very best class of provisions and groceries 
that can be purchased in this city. The premises occu- 
pied are located at Nos. 40 and 42 St. Lawrence street, 
and will measure about 1,000 feet. They are fully 
stocked with the large assortment of meats, which can- 
not fail to suit the most particular, in quality and variety, 
and the groceries are of the best. Three assistants are 
busily employed in filling orders and attending to the 
many customers, that all may be served promptly. 
Goods are delivered to any part of the city free of 
charge. Mr. C. W. T. Goding is a native of this city and 
is highly respected among the business men, as well as 
in social circles. 

E. W. SMAEDON, Family Bakery, No. 77 
Portland Street, Portland, Me. We are desirous of call- 
ing the attention of our readers to the well known family 
bakery located at No. 77 Portland, which has been from 
its inception successful in building up an extensive trade 
in bread, cake and pastry. This establishment was 
started in 1877 by the present proprietor, Mr. R. W. 
Smardon. The premises occupied are fully equipped 
with all the necessarv requirements for the successful 
conduct of the business, the extent of which gives 
employment to three thoroughly experienced assistants. 
Mr. Smardon carries a fine stock in all branches of his 
business and is prepared to supply customers at short 
notice, with any goods in his Hue, and perfect satisfac- 
tion is guaranteed as to both quality and prices. This 
establishment is largely patronized by families through- 
out this section of the city, who appreciate first-class 
bread, cake and pastry of all kinds. Mr. Smardon is a 
native of New Brunswick and well-known throughout 
Portland and vicinity. He is a man of excellent business 
qualifications, and in his special line off'ers inducements 
to purchasers not easily duplicated. 

S. HAMILTON, 943 Congress St., Portland, 
Me, Fruit, Confectionery, Cigars and Tobacco. There 
are many things about "the establishment carried on by 
Mr. S. Hamilton that make it worthy of special consid- 
eration in these pages, and not the least important of 
these is the liberal spirit which characterizes its man- 
agement. Mr. Hamilton is evidently a beleiver in the 
"live and let live" principle and has no desire to set up 
a monopoly of anv kind, only asking for "a fair field and 
no favor." He w'elcomes legitimate and honorable com- 
petition and has no fear but w^hat his goods will com- 
pare favorably with those oflend by other dealers under 
all circumstances. The public has long since dis- 
covered that the proprietor of the establishment in ques- 
tion was wide-awake and progressive, and as this spirit 
is just what the people admire, Mr. S. Hamilton has 
had no reason to complain of the patronage accorded 
him. Business was begun by Mr. Hamilton iu 1882. He 
is a native of Cumberland, Me., and is personally well- 
known in Portland. Premises measuring 1000 square 
feet are occupied, and fruit, confectionery, cigars and 
tobacco are extensivelv handled. This establishment is 
located at No. 94.3 Congress Street, and orders are 
promptly and carefuUv filled. The stock is constantly 
being renewed, and thereby kept fresh and desirable, 
and those searching for reliable and first-class goods of 
fair prices, will find just what they seek at Mr. S. 
Hamilton's, No. 943 Congress St., Portland, 



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POETLAND COMPANY, Portland. Maine, 58 Fore St., near Grand Trunk Railroad Depot. 
Engineers and Boiler Makers, Locomotive, Marine and .Stationary Engines and Boilers, and all kinds of Machinery. 
Sole Manufacturers for New England, of tiie Complete Combustion Boiler. Agents and Manufacturers for the 
U. S. of Newcomb's Car Replacer, the " Portland " Governor etc., etc. Iron and Composition Castings. 
Franklin C. Payson, Pres't., C. R. Milliken, Treas. and Manager, S. Peters, Supt. Since the incorporation of 
the Portland Company about 45 years ago it has done more than any other one corporation or firm to make the 
name ol the city well and favorably known throughout the United States, and if there is one enterprise entitled 
above all others to be classed as representative it is that_ conducted by the companj- in question, for this is a 

Portland undertaking, has always 
been conducted by Portland men, is 
located on Portland territory, and by 
distributing about a quarter of a mil- 
lion of dollars in wages annually has 
been and is a most powerful factor in 
attracting skilled workmen to and 
otherwise promoting the growth of 
the city. The company are engineers 
anil boiler makers, and utilize one of 
tlio Mio-t extensive, best located, and 
|]p-t equipped plants in Xew England, 
tlic premises being on Fore street, 
near the (irand Trunk Railway depot, 
and comprising nine acres, about one- 
tliird of this vast area being occupied 
by buildings, most of which are very 
substantial brick structures. It is 
said that among the 400 workmen 
generally employed ten distinct trades 
are represented, and this statement 
will be considered an understatement 
rather than an overstatement by any- 
one who will visit the works and see 
the variety as well as the magnitude 
of till" operations there carried on. 
AiiiDiif; tlie more prominent articles 
nuinutactured may be mentioned loco- 
motive, marine and stationery en- 
gines and boilers, railway supplies of 
various kinds, and all kinds of ma- 
chinery ; specialties being made of 
dredging machinery, mill gearing 
and shafting. The company are sole 
Mianufacturers for New England of 
the roinplcte coniliusuon boiler, and 
arc agents and manufacturers for the 
t'nited .States of Xewcomb's car re- 
placer, " Portland " governor, and 
other valuable patented inventions. 
.\ll kinds of dry and green sand com- 
liosition and iron castings will be 
made to order at very short notice 
and at moderate rates; and the re- 
l)airing of steam engines, boilers and 
machinery is one of the most promi- 
nent as well as one of the most valua- 
ble and popular features of the busi- 
ness, the extraordinary facilities at 
hand enabling such work to be done 
at wonderfully short notice when 
baste Is a prime necessity. The vast 
business is very thorougiily systema- 
tized, and as a very compn'hensive 
system of inspection is practiced and 
an exceptionally skilful and reliable 
body of me u employed it is not sur- 
lirisingthat uniformly excellent work 
should be turned out at prices that 
enable all honorable competition to 
be easily met. The office is at No. .58 
l''ore street, and orders by telephone 
No. "111. or by mail to box HwH .ire 
assured immediate and careful atleri- 
llon. Mr. Franklin ( '. Payson Is 
president of the company; C. H. Mil- 
liken treasurer and manager, and Mr. 
S. Peters superintendent. 




REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



157 



DENNI5 TOPIN. 

Coroner for Cumberland County. 

Supt. Calvary Cemetery, telephone 1905. 



Collins, Caskets, Rote, 



PliATES, ETC. 

Everything in the Undertal-cer's Line at the Lowest Prices. 
City Telephone, No. 327. 241 FEDERAL STREET, Next Door to Perry House. 



I^esidenee, flo. 38 Portland Street. 



flight Calls Attended to by I^inging the Bell. 



S. S. B. CAMPBELL, Proprietor Forest 
City Cigar Factory, Manufacturer of Cuban Hand Made 
Cigars. Sole owner and manufacturer of the famous 
" Forest City " brand. Xo. 10 Free Street, Portland, 
Me. Among the recently established manufacturers of 
this city is Mr. S. S. B. Campbell. He is proprietor of 
the Forest City Cigar Factory, and though he has been 
settled in Portland only since 1890, he is already well 
and favorably known to the trade. The business, which 
is extensive, is entirely wholesale. Mr. Campbell is a 
native of Nova Scotia and formerly lived in that prov- 
ince. While there he acquired a thorough understand- 
ing of the business, and his wide experience entitles 
him to an important position among the cigar manufac- 
turers in this part of the country. He imports his 
tobacco from Cuba, and manufactures only Cuban hand 
made cigars. Mr. Campbell employs from six to fifteen 
experienced assistants, over whom he keeps a strict 
supervision, so that he may know exactly what goods 
leave his premises. No trouble is spared to secure uni- 
formity of merit, and the cigars made at the " Forest 
C'ity " Factory are spoken of by good judges in the 
highest terms of approbation. A specialty is made in a 
brand of cigar which is called by the name of the fac- 
tory, " Forest City." It has become famous, alike for 
its high flavor and the moderate price for which it may 
be obtained. This is thought by many smokers to be 
one of the best cigars in the market, and there are many 
men in this city who will be pleased to recommend it. 
The " Forest City " factory is situated at No. 10 Free 
street. 

BENJ. J. WILLAED, Stevedore and Pilot, 
No. 59 Commercial Street, Portand, Me. Order Letters 
for Ships Attended to. It is unnecessary to dwell upon 
the importance of securing a stevedore who is responsible, 
experienced and reliable, for every vessel owner knows 
from experience that serious delay and loss may easily 
result from the employment of one who is incompetent 
or careless. It is safe to assert th:it no stevedore on the 
Maine coast has a higher reputation or is more generally 
known than is Mr. Benjamin J. VVillard, for he is a 
native of Cape Elizabeth, has followed the business for 
Learly 40 years, and has made a record of which he may 
well be proud. Order letters for ships will be carefully 
attended to, and coal, molasses, hard pine, cotton, iron, 
etc., will be discharged very promptly, a force of from 
20 to 50 experienced men being available. Stone and 
gravel ballast will be furnished at short notice and at 
moderate rates. Mr. Willard utilizes the steam vvater 
boat " Fanny G.," for watering ships and towing small 
vessels; her equipment being very complete and 
comprising a wrecking pump, a lire pump, and a 
hoisting engine. The olSce is at No. 59 Commercial St., 
and all communications are assured prompt and careful 
attention. 



A. A. MITCHELL, General Agent for 
Maine, for John S. Reese & Co.'s Bay State and other 
high grade Fertilizers, and dealer in Agricultural Imple- 
meuts, 383 Commercial St., Portland, Me. The average 
farmer has too much to do to familiarize himself with 
the comparative standing of the many fertilizers, mow- 
ing machines, agricultural implements and other goods 
intended expressly for farmers" use but he generally 
makes it a point to inform himself as to the standing of 
local dealers iu such articles and when s.^tisfied of the 
ability and integrity of one making a specialty of them 
he orders of him, feeling confident that his interest will 
be protected. This is pretty sound policy and one of the 
chief reasons why Mr. A. A. Mitchell has been so suc- 
cessful since beginning operations iu 1877, is because he 
never abuses the confidence of his patrons by handling 
goods that he has reason to believe will not prove as 
represented. Mr. Mitchell was born in China, Maine,, 
and served in the army during the rebellion. He has an 
oflSce at No. 383 Commercial St., and controls extensive 
storage facilities on the Boston & Maine wharf, he car- 
rving a large and varied stock and being prepared to fill 
either wholesale or retail orders at short notice and at 
the lowest market rates. Mr. Mitchell is general agent 
for Maine for John S. Reese & Co.'s Bay State and other 
high-grade fertilizers, and deals in agricultural imple- 
ments of all kinds, he handling the productions of the 
leading manufacturers of the country. 



P. J. GILL, Provisions and Groceries. Can- 
ned Goods a Specialty. 52 Centre St., Portland, Me. 
It is what w-e eat that enables us to work and a man 
might as well expect to keep up a working pressure in 
a steam boiler by burning nothing but ashes as to main- 
tain his own health and strength by the consumption of 
improper food. It is very poor economy to cheat one's 
stomach, and we are happy to s.ay that Americans, as a 
rule, spare no reasonable expense in providing for the 
table. But a high price does not always mean a good 
article, and, therefore, we desire to call the attention of 
our readers to an establishment where provisions and 
groceries of all kinds are sold at reasonable rates, and 
where the quality of every article sold may be depended 
upon to prove as represented. The store in question 
is that located at No. 52 Centre St., and conducted by 
Mr. P. J. Gill. This gentleman is a native of Portland 
and began operations in his present business in 1887. 
His store is about 500 feet in size and is well fitted up 
and contains a choice stock of groceries and provisions 
and a specialty is made of canned goods. A competent 
assistant is employed and all customers are given prompt 
and polite service and orders are filled and delivered at 
short notice. The proprietor gives personal attention 
to all details of the business, he is very popular with the 
public and his success seems to be already established.. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



X. CLIFFORD CU.AOIING.S, Miners' and 
Shippers' A^eut, IJituininous Coal. Office, 24 I'lum St., 
Portland, Me. Mr. X. cliflord (^ummiiigs is ageut for 
Messrs. S. M. Iliiniiltoii «i Co., of Baltimore, miners aud 
shippers of the celebrated Hamilton Cumberland Coal. 
He sells principally to Railroads and other large cor- 
porations and is prepared to contract for any desired 
amount in cargo lots. The enormous consumption of 
Bituminous Coal annually by Kailroad Companies aud 
other large corporations, used in creating motive power, 
has produced a very active interest in the relative eco- 
nomic character and quality of coal produced in this 
country, hence analysis has followed analysis by various 
competent chemists, with results that are very flattering 
to the coal from several mines, especially is this true of 
the celebrated "flnmiVd/n" coal from ihe ^^ Hamilton" 
mine, located in Penu. near the Maryland State line in 
the Cumberland coal basin, and on the " George's Creek " 
vein. The following is a copy of the letter reporting 
analysis : 

Prof. W. Leslie Robinson, Analytical and Consulting Chemist, 
Laboratokv, No. 208 Calvert St. 

Baltimore, June 16th, 1887, 
S. M. HAMILTON & CO., Baltimore, Md. 

(?enf/pm#'n;— Result of Analysis of a sample of coal you sent me 
JuneUth, 1887, viz.: 

Moisture IVi Fah 1 12 per cent. 

Volatile Matter 11.47 

Asll 7.70 

Fixed Carbon "9.71 

100.00 

1 consider it a very good coal, beine rich in fixed carbon, the ash 
gray, free from iron : also my sample had no sulphur in it. 

Very truly yours, 
[Signed.] W. LESLIE ROBINSON, 

Analytical Chemist. 

With such a remarkable showing in its favor as this 
analysis gives, it is not strange that the trade in this 
coal is becoming very large. It is of such superior 
quality, and noted for its strength and purity, being 
remarkably free of foreign substance, such as iron and 
sulphur. Mr. Cuinmings sells only by the cargo but is 
prepared to give all orilers prompt attention; correspon- 
dence from dealers and large consumers solicited. His 
office is at No. 24 Plum St., Portland, Me. Mr. Cum- 
mings is a native of I'ortland, and is also extensively 
engaged in packing hermetically sealed goods, being 
senior member of tlie firm of N. Cliftbrd Cummings & 
Bro., of this city. 

X. CLIFFORD CUMMINGS & BRO.. Pack- 
ers of Royalty Brand Hermetically Sealed Goods, Office, 
24 Plum St., Portland, Me. Even the most experienced 
buyer can tell little or nothing concerning the value of 
hermetically sealed goods by cxIiTiial examination. The 
only guide the most expert purchaser has is his know- 
ledge of the comparative standing or reputation of the 
various brands in the market. Those familiar with the 
facts know that some brands are unifo'-mly excellent; 
some average well but are very uneven in ijualily, while 
others are consistently inferior, the demand for them 
being due entiiely to the low rates tjuoted on them and 
the disposition of some dealers to make a big profit 
rather than satisfy their customers. The '• Uuyalty 
Brand'" holds a hadimj ponition in the Jtr.it-chins mentioned 
and naturally is liandled by the best houses throughout 
the country. The goods are grown in the most favored 
locality in the world, for the production of rich, luscious 
flavor anil tenderness, and are the perfection of excel- 
lence. They are designed expresslj- for the flue trade, 
and are packed with the utmost care and skill by a 
])roce8s vs'hich retains all the natural juices and flavor. 
'I'he corn is grown from the Hnest strains of early 
Crosby seed aud packed in its own luilk, while young 



aud tender, the greatest care possible being exercised in 
the selection of the ears. Under this brand is packed a 
full line of Vegetables and Fruits, by Messrs. N. Cliflbrd 
Cummings & Bro., whose factories are at Hollis Centn' 
and White Rock, Maine, having a capacity for 30,0(Mi 
cans of corn per day, aud for other vegetables and for 
fruits in large quantities. They give employment in the 
two factories to about 300 hands. The goods are sold 
throughout the United States but chiefly in Xew Eng- 
land, where a Iilgher grade of hermetically sealed goods 
is demanded than in any other section of the Union. 
Both members of the firm are natives of Portland and are 
exti'eraely well-known in the trade and social circles, 
particularly in the canning trade, for Mr. X. Clifford 
Cummings was formallv a member of the firm of U. K. 
Webb tic Co., before engaging in his present enterprise 
in 1889. Mr. Lincoln C. Cummings is in charge of the 
Arm's New York office, and is also extensivel}' engaged 
in the lumber business in North < arolina, being senior 
partner in the firm of Cuininings & Butt'um. Their head 
office is at 24 Plum St., Portland, Me., and all commu- 
nications to that address are assured i)romi)t and careful 
attention. Very favorable terms will be given n-spon- 
sible parlies who will take hold of the goods and push 
them. Correspondence solicited. Mr. X, Clifford Cum- 
mings is also agent for Hamilton Cumberland Coal, 
which is a coal of uniformly excellent ijuality aud is 
quite generally used by railroad aud large corporations. 
He is prepared to furnish either or both of these coals 
in car load or cargo lots at very short notice and at 
prices in strict accordance with the lowest prevailing 
rates. 



A. E. STEVENS & CO., Dealers in Iron, Steel, 
Heav.v Hardware, Carriage Woodwork and Trimmings, 
Iron, Steel, Chain, Anvils, Vices, Bellows, Axles, ."Springs, 
Bolts, Malleables, Horse Shoes, Xuts, Washers, Spikes, 
Hubs, .Spokes, Rims, Shatt-. "arriage Bodies, Gears, 
Seats, Wheels, Dasher Boards, .Sleigh and Pung Runners, 
etc.; Specialties. Carnage, Hardware and Woodwork; 
Nos. 210, 218. 220, 222 & 224 Commercial Street, Portland. 
Me. The firm-name of A. E. Stevens & Co. is 
so generally aud so favorably known throughout this 
and adjoining states and even Canada that it is not sur- 
prising that it should be retained, although Mr. A. E. 
Stevens died in 1882, and the present jiroprietors of tlie 
business are his sons, Messrs. S. A. aud Paul R. .Stevens. 
Operations were begun in 18.i4 by Messrs. Little A 
Stevens, but for more than thirty years the enterprise 
has been carried on under the iiresent firm name. Mr S. 
A. Stevens became identified with it in 1882 and Mr. Paul 
R. Stevens in 1887. Both these gentlemen are natives of 
Portland and are widely known here in social as well as 
in business circles. The firm deal extensively, both at 
wholesale and retail, in iron, steel, lieavy hardware, car- 
riage woodwork and trimmings ; their stock including all 
standaid grades of iron and steel, chain, anvils, vises, 
bellows, axles, springs, bolts, malleables, horse shoes, 
nuts, washers, spikes, etc., together with shafts, hubs, 
spokes, rims, carriage bodies, gears, seats, wheels, 
dasher boards, sleigh and pung runners, and, in short, a 
full line of such goods, for the leading specialties of this 
house are carriage liardware and woodwork, and they 
are at all times ready to fill the largest orders without 
delay and at the lowest market rates. The firm occupv 
an entire building, numbered 21(1, 218. 220. 222 and 224 
Commercial street, and liaving a totiil floor S|>ace of 
about 2."),000 square feet. Employment is given to eight 
assistants, and, although goods are sent to almost all 
parts of Maine, Vermont, Xew Hampshire and Canada, 
mistakes seldom occur, for the business is thoroughly 
sylemati/.ed and careful supervision is the rule in every 
department. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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York Mutual Aid Association 

OF BIDDEFORD, ME. 

IntMl EttdowiHBit, DlsaMlity ai Life lasiraiCB ob IIib AssBSsnieiit Plaa. 



Certificates Issued to Males and Females. 

Pays Half the Benefit on Permanent Disability. 

This Association has complied fully with the piovisioas of the Insurance Laws, and is under the OFFICIAL 
SUPERVISION of the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Maine. 



OXFORD BUILDING. ROOM 12. 



185 Middle Street, PORTLAND, MAINE. 



W. S. DUNN, Dealer in Groceries and Pro- 
visions, Corner Spruce and Emery Streets, Portland, 
Me. Probably one of the best Ijnown establishments of 
the kind in this city is that conducted by Mr. W. S. Dunn, 
corner Spruce and Emery Sts., for this enterprise was 
inaugurated a number of years ago by Mr. Sumner 
Fagg, and it has since been managed by several men 
before coming under the control of the present pro- 
prietor about eight years ago. Mr. Dunn served in the 
U. S. army, also Past Commander of Bosworth Post, G.A. 
R. The premises in use cover an area of about 1,200 
square feet, and a fine stock of groceries and provisions 
is constantly on hand to choose from. Mr. Dunn 
employs two competent assistants, and is in a position 
to offer immediate and courteous attention to every 
customer. He caters to no special class of trade, but 
strives to offer a sufficient variety of goods to suit all 
tastes and purses, and to quote positively the lowest 
market rates at all times. He has built up an extensive 
business during the time he has managed his present 
enterprise, and has an unsurpassed reputation for 
selling goods strictly on their merits, no misrepresenta- 
tion being practiced under any circumstances. 



PATRONS' CO OPERATIVE CORPORA- 
TION, Wholesale Grocers, and Dealers in Flour, Grain 
and Provisions. C. E. Knight, Agent. No. 209 Com- 
mercial Street, Portland, Me. It is an undisputed fact 
that a large majorit)^ of co-operative enterprises 
inaugurated in this country have failed, and this is the 
stock argument of those who deny that industrial and 
mercantile co operation is practicable, but in every 
instance of failure the fault has been either in the 
management or in the conditions under which the 
experiment was tried, and the principle of co-operation 
remains as sound to day as ever it was. In 1877 tliis 
institution was started with a capital of $10,000. This 
association is composed of gentlemen that are well and 
favorably known in Portland, Me. The public have 
learned by experience that the undertaking is worthy of 
hearty and permanent support, and that such is given it 
may be judged from the fact that four assistants are 
required to properly attend to the orders received. The 
association occupy three floors, 30 x 85 feet, and is a 
wholesale business. They carry an immense stock of 
flour, grain and provisions. Their goods are first-class 
and the establishment is well managed. 



E. F. GOFF & CO., Dealers in Meats, 
Vegetables and Canned Goods, No. 562 Congress Street, 
Portland, Me. What is more pleasing to the eye than a 
first-class market kept in good shape. The firm of E. 
F. Goff & Co. keep just such a place. They deal in 
meats, vegetables and canned goods. They opened their 
business to the public in 1888. Mr. Goff is a native of 
Gray, Me., and Mr. Tibbets was born in Portland. Both 
gentlemen have served in the armj'. Mr. Tibbets is also 
a contractor, mason and builder, and attends to this 
business in the summer time. He employs from 25 to 
50 men in this business. His P. O. address is Deeriug, 
Me. He is square in his dealings and does a large 
business outside of the market. The business at the 
market is retail and they employ one clerk. They 
occupy 1000 feet store room, and you can find everything 
here in the shape of meats, vegetables in their season, 
and a great variety of canned goods. Their business 
has steadily increased, for you can depend upon what 
they tell you. Their goods are fresh and of the best. 
You can find here first-class goods at reasonable rates. 
Orders are promptly and carefully filled. 



R. WILLIAMS & CO., Commission Mer- 
chants, Eastern Agents for the Sale of Flour, Grain, 
Feed, etc., office. No. 5 Exchange St., Portland, Me. 
Telephone No. 624. Among those commission houses 
which have been most active and successful in promot- 
ing the interests of Portland as a distributing centre, 
mention should be made of that of R. Williams & Co., 
for this concern have built up a very extensive business 
since beginning operations, in 1876, and by their prompt- 
ness in making returns and the general efficiency of the 
service rendered have done much to commend Portland 
firms to both producers and dealers. The partners are 
Messrs. R. Williams and F. H. Pierce, both of whom 
were born in tliis city and are too well known here to 
render extended personal mention necessary. The firm 
are Eastern Agents for the sale of Flour, Grain, Feed, 
etc., and are in a position to furnisli these commodities 
in cargo or car-load lots at positively the lowest market 
rates and at remarkably short notice, orders left at or 
sent to the office, No. 5 Exchange St., being assured im- 
mediate and careful attention. The premises are con- 
nected by telephone (call No. 624) and orders thus sent 
are given as prompt attention as though delivered in 
person. 



i6o 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



Wholesale and Retail Dealer in 

pish, Oysters and Clams, 

AM- KINDS OF 

Fresb and Salt Water Fisb, in tbeir Season, Constantly on Hand. 



58 COMMERCIAL STREET, Head or^r„n.„..rcu. PORTLAND, ME. 



All orders by Mail, Telephone and Telegraph promptly attended to. 



E. H. BENNETT, Dealer in Groceries an<l 
Provisions, 258 Brackett St., cor. Carleton, Portland, 
Me. Telephone 805-A. The business now conducted by 
Mr. E. H. Bennett was established in 1889 by Mr. J. L". 
Merrynmn who gave place to the present proprietor in 
Jan. of this year. Mr. Bennett is a native of Deering, 
Me., and is very intimately ac(|uainted with his present 
business in every detail. His store is located at No. 258 
Brackett St., and covers an area of about 500 feet, and 
contains a finely selected stock of fatniiy groceries and 
provisions. These goods are fully guaranteed to give 
the best of satisfaction in every respect while the prices 
quoted will compare favorably with those named ia 
connection with goods of similar grade elsewhere. Mr. 
Bennett employs two efficient assistants who give cour- 
teous and prompt attention to all callers. Orders re- 
ceived by telephone No. 805-A will be given immediate 
and careful attention by the proprietor and we have no 
hesitation in saying to those who may require anything 
iu Mr. Bcnnetfs line tliat they can best serve their own 
interests by paying an early call at No. 25S Brackett St. 

L. C. BLAISDELL & CO., C7 Cross St., 
Portland, Me. Contractor and Builder. There has been 
a good deal said against the "Contract .System," and to 
hear some of the criticisms of It one would suppose It 
wag practically impossible to obtain dependable work 
in that way, but experience proves that It is not only 
possible but easy, and that where results are unsatisfac- 
tory the fault lies not iu the system, but on those enga- 
ged in carrying It out, the obvious remedy being to place 
contracts with reputable and responsible parties only. 
It is not difficult to find such, and very prominent among 
them nmst be placed Messrs. L. C. Blalsdell & Co., who 
have filled many Important contracts to the entire satis- 
faction of all parties concerned, and who are prepared 
not only to do good work, but to figure very closely on 
large and small commissions. This business was started 
In 1S86 by Messrs. Blalsdell & Berry who carried It on 
up to a recent date, when the name was changed to the 
present proprietors. The premises and shop occupied 
at No. M7 Cross St., cover an area of some 800 feet in 
size and besides a Contracting and Building business a 
(ieneral .lobbit.g trade is done at uniformly moderate 
prices and at short notice. Mr. Blaisdell is a native of 
Bristol, Me., and is the agent of the celebrated " Delever 
& Kellog's Patent .\lr Tight Weather Strip," which he 
manufactures, sells, aud adjusts to Windows and Doors. 



J. B. DONNELL, Wliolesale Dealer in Flour, 
Molasses, Tea, Coftee, Rice, Ptaisins, etc., Xo. 79 Com- 
mercial St., Portland, Me. There are very few wholesale 
dealers in flour In Portland having better facilities than 
those controlled by Mr. .T. B. Doiinell and consequently 
there are few concerns iu a position to ofler more decided 
Inducements to customers. The business was founded in 
18G(i under the firm name of Donnell & Greeley, in 18()7 
Mr. Butler became a member of the firm and the busine>s 
was conducted underthe management of Donnell. Greeley 
& Butler until 1801), when the present proprietor as- 
sumed full control. This gentleman is a native of Wln''- 
sor. Me. The premises utilized are located at N'o. 79 Com- 
mercial St., and comprise five floors each of the dimen- 
sions of 25x75 feet, and a very extensive stock is carried 
consisting of flour of all grades, molasses, tea, coffee, 
rice, raisins, etc., which can be supplied in large or 
small lots, at short notice. Employment is given to two 
assistants. Jlr. Donnell supervises the business and 
makes every eftbrt to assure promptness and accuracy 
in the filling of all orders. 

S. M. SMART, Wholesale and Retail Dealer 
in Pine, .Spruce, Birch, Hemlock and Whitewood Lum- 
ber, Laths, Clapboards and Shingles, 3(i6 Commercial 
St., Portland, Me. Dimensions sawed to order. It is 
Just about a quarter of a century since Mr. S. M. .Smart 
became identified with the enterprise of which he Is now- 
sole proprietor, it having been Inaugurated in ISfili. 
The original owners were Messrs. E. & S. M. Smart who 
were succeeded In 1872 by Mr. S. M. Smart, he retaining 
sole control for ten years, or until the formation of the 
firm of Smart & Ilobsou In 1882. In 1884 he resumed 
sole possession and was succeeded by Messrs. Smart it 
Doten iu 1887, this firm continuing in charge up to the 
opening of the current year, since which Mr. .Smart has 
carried on operations alone. He is a native of .'>wan- 
ville. Me., and during his long and successful business 
career lias become one of the beat known dealers in 
Lumber in the State. He sells both at wholesale and 
retail and utilizes extensive storage facilities at \o. '.W< 
Commercial .St., for the accommodation of a large aud 
complete stock of Pine, Spruce, Birch, Hemlock, and 
Whilcwood Lumber, Laths, (Mapboards and Shingles. 
Dimensions will be sawed to order at short notice, aud 
Mr. Smart is prepared to quote the lowest market rates 
on all the commodities mentioned and to furnisli them 
in any quantity desired. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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SHAW'S BUSIXESS COLLEGE, F.-t.L. 

Shaw, Principal, Entrance 507 1-2 Congress street, next 
to Owen, Moore & Co., Portland. Me. So long as it re- 
mains a fact that a straight line is the shortest distance 
between two points so long will it be true that the quick- 
est and best way to gain a comprehensive business train- 
ing is to attend a properly conducted business college. 
Men do not trust themselves in deep water alone before 
they are able to swim ; why should tliey plunge into the 
vast and turbulent sea of modern business life with little 
or no idea of what to do or how to do it? Many doubt 
this course, we know, and we also know that statistics 
show that 90 odd per cent, of business ventures fail. It 
would be very interesting to learn what proportion of 
merchants who fail are graduates of standard business 
colleges, and we feel confident that could that informa- 
tion be obtained and be circulated throughout the coun- 
try these institutions would experience such a " boom"' 
that their facilities would prove altogether inadequate 
to meet the demand. Many a promising enterprise has 
been wrecked by incompetency or rascality in the book- 
keeping department; many an undertaking has become 
hopelessly involved by reason of the ignorance of its 
proprietor of some of those fundamental principles of 
commercial law which every man should be familiar with, 
and as such is the case it is obvious that employers as 
well as those seeking employment will profit by such a 



course as offered at one of the leading commercial schools 
of the countrj- — Shaw's business college, of Portland, 
Maine. — for this includes bookkeeping, arithmetic, pen- 
manship, business correspondence, commercial law, 
business practice, banking and stocks anrf bonds. There 
are also special branches, including stenography, type- 
writing, ornamental penmanship, which may be taken 
separately or in connection with the regular course. 
The proprietor of this establishment, Mr. F. L. Shaw, is 
a native of Portland, and has become very extensively 
known as a progressive and practical educator since be- 
ginning operations in 18S4, and the large increase in at- 
tendance from year to year is proof posititve tliat the 
public appreciate the value of the service rendered. The 
college is centrally and pleasantly located in Motley 
block. No. 507 1-2 Congress street, near the corner of 
Brown street, the rooms being light and thoroughly 
ventilated, and admirably fitted-up in every respect. The 
plan of this book forbids our giving detailed description 
of the enterprise, important as it is, but we regret this 
the less as a catalogue and all desired information will 
be sent free on application. The rates of tuition are 
moderate and bills are payable at the end of each month 
— no advance payments being required. Individual in- 
stead of class instruction is provided and the wants of 
each pupil learned and supplied, — the result being that 
progress made is in direct proportion to the ability of 
he pupil and embarrassing and injurious (because un- 
Mirj competition is entirely avoided. 

STEVENS. WOODMAN cS; CO., Successors 
:n Stevens & Smart, Manufacturers of Britannia, Silver 
and Nickel Ware, 444 Fore Street, Portland, Me. There 
ire certain articles which even the most experienced 
I Lid best-informed buyer must "take on trust,'" or in 
otlier words must judge their merit by the reputation of 
their manufacturers rather than from personal inspec- 
tion, and prominent among such articles are all plated 
goods, for there Is but one sure way of testing the value 
"t such and that is by actu.al use. Some plating will 
■ car lor years and give the articles to which it is ap- 
|ilied all the appearance of solid metal, while other 
plated goods will look shabby and cheap as soon as the 
original gloss has worn off and will become entirely un- 
presentable long before they begin to be truly " worn 
out."" Certainly "the best is the cheapest"" in plated 
goods, at all events, and one sure way to get the best is 
r to purchase the productions of Messrs. Stevens, Wood- 
sman & Co., for they are extensive manufacturers of 
Britannia, Silver and Nickel Plated Ware and their goods 
are equal to any in the market whether judged from the 
standpoint of beauty of design, excellence of material, 
thoroughness of workmanship, or durability under con- 
ditions of every day use. This is high praise of course, 
but still it is fully justitied by the facts and will be fully 
endorsed by all unprejudiced and competent judges. The 
public have certainly had abundant opportunity to 
become familiar with "this enterprise for it was inaugu- 
rated more than half a century ago, operations being 
begun in 1840 by Mr. Rufus Dunham. In 1864 the firm- 
name became Rufus Dunham & Sons, and in 1883 
Messrs. Stevens, Smart & Dunham became proprietors, 
the firm-name being changed to Stevens & Smart in 
1887, and the present firm being formed in 1890. It 
consists of Messrs. A. A. Stevens, F. H. Woodman and 
W. A. Cates, all of whom are Maine men by birth. The 
concern utilize a spacious factory located at No. 444 
Fore St., and equipped throughout with the latest im- 
proved machinery, run by steam power. Employment 
is given to 20 assistants, and the most extensive orders 
can be filled at short notice. Messrs. Stevens, Wood- 
man & Co. do a wholesale business extending through- 
out the country and their productions are handled by 
the leading dealers and give entire satisfaction to the 
most critical trade. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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FRANK P. TIBBETTS & CO, 



• EALEHS IN- 



■ pASHlOHABbE pUJ^NlTURE, 

Upholstery Goods and Draperies. 



LAROEST MANUFACTURERS OF 



PARLOR FURITITITRE 



IN MAINE. 



-^ fnid <3 Free {Street. 



E. W. HUNT. Carpenter and I'.nilder. Xo. 
103 Clark St., I'ortlaud. Me. Wheu building, have your 
plaus driiwu up by one who is not only able to make 
pretty drawings, "but who has had some .practical 
experience in carrying them out, and if possible h ive the 
making of the ])laus done by him who is to do the 
building, for in that case the "architect cannot make a 
scapegoat of the builder, or the builder of the architect. 
One of the oldest and best knosvn carpenters and 
builders— who is ready to make liis own drawings- 
carrying on operations in Portland is Mr. E. W. Hunt, 
whose place of business i- located at No. lO.'J (Jlark St. 
He was born in Guilford, X. H., and has been identified 
with liis present enterpri-n for more than a score of 
years, having inaugurated it iu 1S70. It is obvious that 
a man who has liad such extended experience must 
thoroughly understand every detail of his business and 
be iu a position to figure" very closely on building 
operations, and hence it is hardly necessary to say that 
Mr. Hunt is prepared to give valuable Information con- 
cerning probable cost, etc.. to those who may consult 
liim in reference to the erection of new buildings or the 
repairing, refitting or remodeling of old ones. Bein^ a 
carpenter as well as a builder, Mr. Hunt will do jobbing 
of all kinds in a superior manner and at sliort notice, a 
force of experienced assistants being constantly 
employed. Furniture repairing and general cabinet 
work will also be done in first-class style. His shop at 
No. 10:3 Clark St., containing all necessary facilities to 
enable operations to be carried on to excellent advantage. 
The fltting-up of stores and ollices is another prominent 
feature of the business, and will be done at extremely 
short notice in cases where liaste is important. 



J. n. FITZGERALD. Fancy Gooil.s and Art 
Needle Work, h.iC, Congress St., Portland, Me. In cal- 
ling attention to this establishment we feel assured that 
it is a very familiar place to many readers of our book, 
as well as to so many of the ladies of Portland and 
vicinity. It was founded in ISflO, having been located 
here for over thirty years. One floor and basement each 
20x100 feet in dimensions are occupied for this busi- 
ness. Tliey have also a manufacturing department 
in a building iu the rear w here Children's Garments for 
tlieir own trade are manufactured. Embroidery work 
Is also done to order. It should be borne In mind that 
the stock carried In each of these departments is com- 
plete, that is to say, it Is not only merely large, but it 



is made up exclusively of seasonable and desirable 
P'ancy Goods, thu> ensuring satisfaction to the pur- 
chaser. There are twelve assistants employed, made 
up of those who have had experience in handling the 
goods contained in the special departments to which 
they are assigned, the result being that customers are 
assured intelligent as well as prompt and polite atten- 
tion. .1. H. Fitzgerald does a large business and sliould 
be able to quote low market rates on the class of goods 
handled. 



LEWIS. HALL & YOHK, Manufacturers 
and Jobbers of Men's, Youths' and Hoys' Clothing, 
and Furnishing Goods, 121 and 12.'{ Middle Street, 
Portland, Me. The Keady-Made Clothing business is 
of comparatively recent origin, that is as carried on 
at tlie present time, for there is a vast difl'erence 
between the general character of those now engaged 
in it and tiie general character of the Clothing MerdKint- 
of half a century or so ago. One of the oldest establi-lnci 
enterprises of the kind iu this section is that carried on 
under the firm name of Lewis, Hall & Vork, at Xos. 1'21 
and 123 Middle .St., for this had its inception nearly forty 
years ago; a clothing department being added in 18.">3 
to tlie I>r\- Goods business carried on by Messrs. H.J. 
Libby & Co., and Mr. J. T. Lewis being made a partner 
of the firm at that time. The flnnname of J. T. Lewis 
& Co. was adopted in 1803, from which date exclusive 
attention has been given to the manufacturing and job- 
bing of Men's, Youths' and Boys' Clothing .ind Furnish- 
ing Goods. The founder of the business died in 1SS8, 
and it has since been controlled entirely by Mr. James 
P. Lewis until his death. In 181iO the pie«ent firm suc- 
ceeded, which is composed of Mr. F. It. Lewis, a son of 
the late J.T. Lewis, Mr. E. I. Hall, wlio was for 20 years 
previous with the old firm, and Mr. .\. J. York, all three 
being natives of Portland and too well known through- 
out this vicinity to render extended personal mention 
necessary. A handsome and commodious building, con- 
taining 4 floors, each measuring .'>ilxl(i0 feet, is uliliired 
and a very heavy stock is carried at all times, the 
firm staiiding ready to fill the most extensive orders at 
very sliort notice. The productions of this house give 
excellent satisfaction to consumers, and as they are 
furnished at bottom prices tliey are profitable to handle 
and hence are very popular among the trade throughout 
this section of New England. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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CASCO TAXXIKG CO., Manufacturers and 
Dealers in Belt, Boot, Shoe and Casco Calf Leather, No. 
170 Green Street. Portland, Me. One of the most truly- 
representative and successful enterprises of the kind 
carried on in this section of the State is tliat conducted 
by the Casco Tanning Company which was incorporated 
In 1S74 to continue a business founded some years 
previous, tlie immediate predecessor of ttie company 
being Mr. J. S. Kicker. Mr. George W. Homer, of 
Boston, is president of the company and Mr. Charles M. 
Tobie, of Portland, is treasurer; the corporation having 
a capital of -§60.000 aud operating an elaborate and 
complete plant of the most improved type, the capacity 
of the works being 1,000 hides per week. The office is 
at No. 170 Green St , and the premises utilized include a 
tannery building measuring 171 x 50 ft. with ashed 
attached of the dimensions of 1.53 x 31 ft., a currying 
and splitting shop two stories in height and 21) x 95 ft. 
in size, another currying shop measuring 100 x 70 feet, 
two bark houses of the respective dimensions of 2S x 92 
and 29 x 6S ft., a beam house 32 x 70 feet in size, a hide 
iiouse measuring 39 x (32 ft., a suspending house 49 feet 
square, and a brick store house of the dimensions of 21 
X 42 ft., besides various sheds and other outbuildings of 
various sizes. Tlie conpany manufacture belt, boot, 
shoe and Casco calf leather, and their productions are of 
such uniformly high quality in their various grades that 
they enjoy an enviable reputation and in fact are 
accepted as the standard by many large consumers. 
Employment is given to about 100 assistants, and the 
capacity of the works being as we have stated, about 
], 000 hides per week, the company can fill the largest 
orders promptly and quote bottom prices at all times. 

JAMES L. EACKLEFF, Attorney at Law, 
31 1-2 Exchange St., Portland, Me. Agent for the 
Investment Trust Company of America. Mr. James L. 
Kacklefi, attorney at law, having an office at No. Z\k 
Exchange St., is" a native of this city and requires no 
introduction to our Portland readers, as few, it any, of 
our local business men are more generally known. Mr. 
Kackleff was in the Internal Revenue office for 23 
years, and has a very large circle of friends throughout 
this section of the State. He is secretary of the 
Cumberland Loan and Building Association, and is 
thoroughly identified with the advancement of Port- 
land's best interests. Mr. RacklefT acts as agent for 
several corporatious, perhaps the most prominent of 
which is the Investment Trust Co. of America, which 
was organized in 1S90 and succeeded to the business 
established by the Kansas Investment Co., incorporated 
May 1, 1883. " The shareholders of the latter company 
receive dividends at the rate of ten per cent, per annum 
up to and including May 1, 1889, and 8 per cent, per 
annum since that date, and besides these dividends 
a large surplus was accumulated, the report issued 
May 1, 1890, sliowing a surplus fund of .$100,000 
undivided profits of .$72,653.18, and a paid in capital 
stock of .$500,000. The new company was formed 
because the old name had become misleading (operations 
being no longer confined to the State of Kansas, but 
extending to many portions of the country), because it 
was deemed advisable to change the charter, the laws of 
Kansas under which that of the Kansas Investment Co. 
was issued discriminating severely against financial 
institutions, while those of Colorado, under which the 
Investment Trust Co. of America is incorporated are 
much more equitable, and because it was thought best 
to have a larger capital stock, thereby giving greater 
strength to the company and aiding it to secure money 
at a minimum cost. It is not proposed to greatly 
extend the operations of the company, but better r©iults 
in the way of net profits are expected owing to the 
lessening " of expense of negotiating the sales of 



securities, and it may be added that thus far these 
expectations iiave been realized. The company ofTera 
guaranteed loans in the shape of G per cent, first 
mortgages on improved farm and city property, issued 
in amounts of $200 to $10,000 and upward; gold deben- 
ture bonds drawing interest at the rate of 6 per cent., 
issued in denominations of $100, $200, $.500, $1,000 and 
$5,000, running live or ten years, interest payable 
quarterly ; and trust deposit certificates, secured by real 
estate mortgages, drawing interest at 7 per cent, per 
annum, issued in sums of SoO and multiples thereof up 
to S.500, this being tlie best form of investment for small 
sums. Mr. Rackleft is thoroughly well posted concern- 
ing the methods and resources of the company and will 
promptly give any desired information on application in 
person or by mail. 









S A & J H IRTTE, Dcalei in Flour, Corn, 
Meil, Oit-, Cotton ^eed Meil, Lm^ted Oil Meal, Gluten 
Meal. Wheat aud Rye, R.y<= Flo^i, Middlings, Bran, 
Graham. 202 Commercial Street, Portland, Me. The 
firm of S. A. & J. H. True occupies a leading position 
among the Flour and Feed houses of Maine and is so 
thoroughly well equipped in every respect as to be pre- 
pared to meet the closest competition, both as regards 
the promptness and accuracy with which orders can be 
filled and the prices quoted on large and small lots. 
The partners, Messrs. Samuel A., and John H. True, 
had had long experience in the flour and grain business 
before founding their present enterprise, in 1883, and 
this fact, taken in connection with the close supervision 
they have given the business from the start, goes far to 
account for its rapid and continuous development. The 
firm utilize very spacious aud thoroughly equipped prem- 
ises, located at No. 202 Coaimercial St., wliere goods 
can be loaded directly on cars or boat. The grain eleva- 
tor has a capacity for 40,000 bushels aud as spacious 
storehouses are also available it will readily be believed 
that an extremely large stock is constantly carried, it 
being remarkably complete and comprising all grades 
of Flour, Corn, Meal, Oats, Cotton Seed Meal, Linseed 
Oil Meal, Gluten Meal, Wheat, Rye, Rye Flour, Mid- 
dlings, Bran, and Graham. The business is principally 
wholesale and extends throughout this section of New 
England but a large retail trade is also carried on; 
employment being given to 7 assistants so that all or- 
ders can be filled without delay. Mr. S. A. True is a 
native of Portland and Mr. J. II. True of Bangor,— both 
these gentlemen being too well-known to render ex- 
tended personal mention necessary. 



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REPRESENTA TIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




FKEL). E. SKILLIXGS. Mauufattuicr and 
Dealer in Marble and Granite Monument?, Tablets and 
Gravestones. Foot of Green .St., Deering Bridge, 
Portland. Me. 'J'he works of Mr. Fred E. .Skilliugs are 
among the best known in Portland, and turn out stone 
work which for beauty of design, and perfection of 
execution excites favorable comment from the most 
fastidious critics. The art of stone cutting has reached 
such a high point of excellence that to say that a 
certain firm does work equal to the best is to give it 
UEqualitied and unreserved indorsement, but this is just 
what nay truthfully be said of the one before alluded 
to, and "those placing orders with Mr. Skillings are 
assured of having them filled in a thoroughly artistic 
manner, and at less cost than any other shop of like 
nature in the city, as this house has the latest improved 
machinery and every facility at hand to enable them to 
txecute orders at short notice. 'Jhis enterprise was 
founded by Mr. W'xsi. H. Turner about 1S77. he being 
succeeded by the present proprietor in IStm. The 
premises utilized are located at Xo. 10 Forest Avenue 
and cover an area of about tiOO square feet. Marble and 
granite monuments, tablets, gravestones, etc., are made 
here from foreign and domestic stone, designs and 
estimates will be furnished upon application. Competent 
assistants are employed and an extensive business is 
done, and we cannot too strongly urge such of our 
readers as may desire anything in the line of cemetery 
work to give Mr. Skillings a call, as superior and excep- 
tional inducements are offered. Mr. Skillings served in 
the late war and is a prominent G. A. K. man. 



F. A. WALDRON & SON, formerly Waldron 

6 True. Grain, Flour and Feed Dealers. Nos. 4, .">, 6 and 

7 Union Wharf, Portland, Me. The firm of F. A. Wal- 
dron & Son has been in existence ten years and has not 
only maintained but increased the reputation of the en- 
terprise with w hich it is identified, and that was no easy 
thing todo, forits predecessors, Messrs. Waldron & 'J'rue 
had carried It on ever since 18.">8 and had given it a lead- 
ing position among the Flour and Grain trade of this 
Bection of the state. Mr. F. A. Waldron was one of the 
founders of this business, and thus ranks among the old- 
dest as well as among the best known of I'ortland's 
merchants, lie is a native of Huckficid, Maine, and his 
son, Mr. F. y. Waldron, is a native of I)eeriug. The 
concern have a mill at Stroutwater, Maine, and their 
Portland premises are located at Nos. 4, ."),('. and 7 Union 
wharf, and comprise 3 floors, of the dimensions of .'iOx 
KK) feet. Grain, Flour and Feed are sold both at whole- 
sale and retail, and the firm not only quote bottom prices 
on goods of standard merit, but are prepared to till every 
order, large or small, without delay. i;m])loyiiient is 
given to 15 assistants, and orders by mail or by teleplione 
(call No. 607 A.) are assured as prompt and careful 
attention ae those given in person. 



MISS A. E. BARNES, 

Fashionable IVlillineFy 

444 CONGRESS ST., 

Under United States Hotel. 



D. W.' TEUE & CO., Flour, Groceries and 
Provisions, 217 Commercial Street, Portland, Me. One- 
of the best methods to get an ade<juate conception of the 
importance of Portland as a distributing center is to in- 
vestigate the standing and resources of the local whole- 
sale grocery houses, lor no city of no greater population 
in the entire country makes a better showing in this vei y 
important line of trade. One of the leaders among our 
wholesale grocery firms is that of D. W. True & Co., this 
house having been known to the public for about 3.> 
years and having always maintained a very high reputa- 
tion throughout all the changes which have taken place 
in the membership of the firm which is now constituted 
of Messrs. S. Clark, Jr., .1. T. Skol field and F. D. True, 
all of whom are natives of Maine, Mr. Clark having been 
born in Freeport, Mr. Skolfleld in Harpswell and Mr. True 
in this city. A very large four-story warehouse, located 
at No. 217 Commercial street, is occupied, and a heavy and 
com])lete stock of Flour, Groceries and Provisions is con- 
stantly carried, an exclusively wholesale business being 
done and employment being given to from '.i to 12 assist- 
ants, so that all orders can be filled at very short notice. 
The firm enjoy the most favorable relations with pro- 
ducers and are in a position to not only quote the very 
lowest market rates on all the commodities handled, but 
also to fully warrant them to prove precisely as repre- 
sented in every respect. 



WILLIAM WE8TBT & CO., :Maiui fact n rets 
of Spruce Lumber. Shingles. Clapboaras, Laths and 
Spruce Boards, and Commission Dealers in Pine, Hem- 
lock and Hardwood Lumber ; 42il Commercial Street, 
Portland, Maine. Mills in Maine and New Hampshire. 
According to the iloleful predictions made a score of 
years or so ago the sui)ply of lumber in New England 
should have been exhausted by this time, but this is very 
far from being the case, as lumbering is now more sci- 
entifically carried ontliau it was for many years, and in 
some portions of New England there lias a distinct gain 
been made in the amount of merchantable lumber on the 
stump. The firm of William Westby A Co., control mills 
located at some of the most advantageous points in 
Maine and New Hampshire, and are excellently prepared 
to fill the very largest orders at short notice and bottom 
rates. They are manufacturers of Spruce Lumber, in- 
cluding Shingles, Clapboards, l>iith8 and Boards, and 
heavy commission dealers in Pine, Hemlock, and Hani- 
woo(l Lumber; utilizing an office at No. 42(1 Commercal 
street, and giving prompt and careful attention to every 
order. The partners are Messrs. William Westby and 
.lohn Chisholm, the former a native of Canada and the 
latter of Portland. Both gentlemen are very Kenerally 
and favorably known in trade circles througbout this 
section of New England. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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R. LEWIS & CO., 

Established ISGl. 

FREE AND IN BOND, 
448 Coiuuiercial Street, 

PORTLAND, MAINE. 

Mills at "Wickham and Windsor, P. Q. 



HALL L. DAYLS. Stationer, Ealing, Bind- 
ing. Eagraving and Lithographing to Order, Blauli 
Boole Manufacturer. State Agent of the Araerioaa Bank 
Xote Company of Xew York, Dealer in Ortiee Supplies 
of all Kinds, \Vall Papers and Room Mouldings, -19 Ex- 
chiage and 64 Market Scs., Portland, Me. Without 
denying that energy, brains and capital properly com- 
bined can accomplish almost anything, it may still be 
maintained that a well-rounded and legitimate business 
enterprise is, like confidence, '-a plant of slow growth," 
and such being the case it is no discredit to other Port- 
laud stationery houses that that conducted by Mr. Hall 
L. Davis should be the acknowledged leader, for this 
had its iuceptiou nearly seveat.v years ago. and the 
present proprietor has been identified with it for 40 
years. Operations were beguu iu 1S21 by Messrs. 
Pearson & Little, they being succeeded by Messrs. 
Pearson, Little ct Robinson, and they by Mr. Hall J. 
Little. In 1S41 Mr. George R. Davis was admitted to 
partnership and the firm of H. J. Little & Co. was 
formed, and in 18.56 Mr. Little retired and Mr. Hall J. 
Davis became a partner in the firm of Davis Brothers. 
Mr. George R. Davis retired in 1S60 and since th it date, 
or tor nearly a third of a century, the present proprietor 
has had sole control. Under his direction the enterprise 
has developed until its representative character has been 
established beyoud the possibility of reasonable doubt, 
and considered in all its departments it leads all others 
throughout the state. Very spacious and thoroughly 
equipped premises, located at No. 49 Exchange street, 
aud Xo. <U Market street, are utilized and a very lieavy 
and complete stock is carried, it comprising stationery 
and oftice supplies of all kinds ; paper hangings of every 
description, including the productions of the leading 
foreign and domestic manufacturers and the very latest 
artistic novelties; a full line of the Dennison Mfg. Co.'s 
goods ; and a carefully chosen assortment of "notions" 
in stationery goods, books, albums, plush and leather 
goods, etc. Particular attention is given to blank books 
ni luufacturing, aud Mr. Davis has constantly in stock a 
full line of books of his own manufacture in all the 
various sizes, binding aud ruling now in common use. 
Blank books of every description will be made to order 
at short notice, work, paper and durability being fully 
guaranteed, and a specialty is made of books used for 
state and county records, ledgers, journals and all books 
■where accuracy of ruling and great strength and dura- 
bility of binding are required. Mr. Davis is the only 
agent in Maine for the American Bank Xote Company 
of Xew York, and will fnrnish estimates on bonds, cer- 
tificats of stock. Engraving and lithographing of all 
kinds, and guarantee work and price in every instance. 



In short, this house is thoroughly prepared at all point.s 
to maintain its leading position aud the more fully its 
resources are tested the more conclusively will it be 
proved that it has no rival iu its own special field. 



I. F. GILKEY, Commission Merchant and 
Merchandise Broker, 227 Commercial St., Portland, Me. 
Maine leads every other State in the Union iu the pro- 
duction of Canned Goods, and it naturally follows that 
Portland, the principal city, is a great distributing centre 
for these articles. It is an open secret among the trade 
that Mr. I. F. Gilkey is prepared to oft'er unsurpassed 
inducements to large buyers, for although he does a 
general wholesale commission business he makes a 
specialty of Canned Goods and handles the productions 
of some of the leading packers, and deals in large order 
'•blocks "as such sales, are called, most of which are 
made several months before the goods are packed. Mr. 
Gilkey's trade is very extensive, reaching the leading 
cities of the United States even to the Pacific coast and 
also portions of Europe, and covers all kinds of c«inned 
goods and merchandise. Mr. Gilkey was born in Maine, 
and succeeded Mr. .John O. Rice in his present business 
in 18S7. His experience has been quite extensive : for 
eighteen years he followed the sea aud was mister of 
several large ships .and in this capacity opened the port 
of Tdcomi, Washington, Xiiv. .itli, ISSl. now an impor- 
tant port, being the terminus of the Xorthern P.icidc R. 
R. His offiL^e is located at Xo. ill Commercial St., and 
we need hardly say that com nunications to that address 
are assured immediate and painstaking attentien. Mr. 
Gilkey's extensive acquaintance among the mercantile 
community is an imporcait factor in his success as a 
Commission Merchaut and Merchandise Broker, and 
those wishing to introduce goods into this niirket under 
favorable auspices would do well to open correspondeuce 
with him. 



D. WTER & Co., Wholesale Dealer.s in and 
Shippers of the Celebrated Scotch Finuan Haddies, 
Y'armouth Bloaters, Kippered Herring and Smoked 
Mackerel. ili Franklin St., Portland, Me. The 
enterprise conducted under the firm name of D. Wyer & 
Co., was originally established over thirty years ago, 
and since 1SS3 it has been successtuUy continued by his 
son, Mr. George A. Wyer, and we are sure that we are 
but voicing the opinion of his customers when we say 
that since that date he has spared no pains to extend the 
most liberal and complete accommodations to all his 
patrons. Messrs. D. Wyer & Co. are wholesale dealers 
and shippers of the celebrated Scotch Finnan Haddies, 
Yarmouth bloaters, kippered herring, and smoked 
mackerel. The premises occupied cover an area of 
10,000 square feet, iu addition to their smoke house on 
Franklin St. Messrs. D. Wyer & Co.'s goods are sold 
throughout the United States and Canada, and they 
endeavor to keep their assortment complete ia every 
department, and put their prices at figures that ensure 
against goois accumulating on their hinds, thus enab- 
ling them to constantly oft'er a fresh and desirable stock. 
Those wishing anything in the ab ive-named line would 
do well to order of Messrs. D. Wyer & Co., a? special 
attention is given to hmdling only the best brands at 
bottom prices. Thirteen competent assistants are con- 
stantly employed, and pitrons are assured prompt and 
polite service in all depxrtments of the business. Mr. 
Geo. A. Wyer is a native of Portlanl, and is thoroughly 
conversant with all the details of his extensive business. 
It is Mr. Wyer's aim to give every order projipt and 
painstaking attention, ani to fill the sam; at the lowest 
cash prices, and we think customers will agree thu he 
succeeds in both of these undertakings. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



ARGHITECT, 

93 Exchange Street, 




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A. H. BERRY Slloi; ( o. W hoi, ■>;de Deal- 
ers in Hoot? iiiul Shoes, lc.:Mij."i Miildle St., I'ortland, 
Me. This business was incorporated bv A. H. Berry 
Co. in istto u ith a capital of $00,000. Id" ]S01 tliey con- 
Bolidatcd their business with thit of Lord. Haskell & 
Co., who hiid been in business for about twenty-five 
years. When this consolidation took place thev in- 
creased their capital to $125,000, Mr. John N. Lord 
being president and Mr. A. II. Berry treasurer and man- 
ager. Carrying on business of such proportions, it is 
but natural that this house should be in a ])osition to 
offer unusual inducements to its patrons, and indeed its 
record since the beginning shows this to be truly the 
case. The premises occupied by this company comprise 
five floors, each 30x11") feet in dimensions. It would be 
impossible with our limited space to catalogue their 
vast stock, but we can assure those who may examine 
their assortment of boots and s-hoes that they will find 
the best and most reliable manufacturers well repre- 
sented, and I liose dealer." who wish to repleni!-h their 
stock can do no better than to visit this wholesale 
house. 'I'he A. II. Herry Shoe Company are prepared 
to supply boots and shoes of a great variety of styles 
and sizes, and orders larife or su)all can be filled at 
short uotice, as they employ twenty assistants. Busi- 
ness is con<)ucted in an honorable and reliable manner, 
and every available nxthod pursued to give perfect sat- 
isfaction in every transaction. 



BI'RGE.SS, FOBES & CO., Maiuifactiiiors 
of and Dealers in Varnish, Oils, White Lead, Brushes, 
Liquid Paint, Fine Colors, Bronzes. Importers of Dry 
« 'olors, English Varnish, Painters Supplies and Artist 
Materials. No. lOG and 108 Commercial Street, Port- 
land. Me. Manufacturers may be broadly divided into 
two classes, those depending upon the quality of their 
productions to build up ai,d continue a demand for 
them, and those depending upon their ability to quote 
low prices on their goods, which, to use an expressive 
phrase, " are made to sell."' It is not in our province to 
argue for or against either mode of procedure, and we 
will therefore sitnply state that Messrs. Burgess, Fobes 
& Co. have ahvaj's followed the first-named practice, or 
to use their own words, "Our aim has always been to 
produce goods of the htst quality, believing that quality 
rather than cheapness was the thing desired." " Wb 

WARIi.VNT AI.l, GOODS AS REPHICSENTKI). Any CUStOUlCr 

receiving from us any goods which fail to be" as desired 
is requested to advise us at once, and hold the goods 
subject to our order." Evidently such a policy is w idely 
appreciated, for this business established in a compara- 
tively small way in 18.58 has become one of the njost 
extensive of the kiud in New England, and its recent 
development has been especially rapid. It was founded 
by Mr. S. W. Wilson, who was succ(eded in 1801 by 
Messrs. Burgess Bros & Co., they giving place to the 
present firm in 1803. It is composed of Mr. Henry H. 
liurgess. a native of Massachusetts, and Messrs. Charles- 
.S. and Leander W. Fobes, who are both natives of this 
city. Mr. Burgess has served in both branches of the 
City Council and of the State Legislature. The firm are 
manufacturers of and dealers in white lead, fine colors, 
varnish oils, liquid paints, brushes, bronzes, etc., and 
importers of (Iry colors. English varnish, painti rs' 
supplies and artists" materials. Their factory is located 
at 67and5!lMurioy St., and Nos. 5."iand .57 Uecket St.. and 
their wareroonis are located at Xos 100 and 108 Commer- 
cial St., where 4 floors of the dimensions of 40x00 feet are 
occupied. A large, complete ;ind carefully selected slock 
is constantly carried, and both general and special orders 
can be filled at very short notice and at the lowest market 
rates. I'J'he leading specialties of this house are strictly 
pure white lead, fine colors in .Taiian and oil and "Port- 
land"" liquid jiaint, these having no superiors In the mar- 
ket and being known throughout the country. A member 
of the firm is always in charge at the factory, all goods 
being prepared under his personal supervision and no 
pains being spared to fully maintain the high standard so 
long associated with this concern's productions. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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CUETIS & SON, Manufacturers of Chewing 
Gum, corner Deer aud Fore Streets, Portland, Maine. 
There has been a great deal of discussion as to whether 
the practice of chewing gum is healthful or not and it 
may be stated as a settled fact that the weight of the 
evidence presented is in favor of gum chewing, within 
reasonable limits, for many physicians hold that the 
habit promotes digestion but they make the important 
reservation " provided a good quality of gum be u?ed." 
Now that is just where the trouble comes in, for how is 
the purchaser to know whether the gnm is good or not 
before trial of it? There is but one way and that is to 
buy of a reputable dealer, for such a dealer will protect 
his customers bj- handling only first-class goods. Many 
have solved the problem so far as gum is concerned by 
placing all their orders with Messrs. Curtis & Son, and 
they could not do better, for this concern manufacture 
an exceptionally full line of spruce, mastic and rubber 
gums, and turn out no goods they cannot guarantee will 
prove as represented. The business was founded awaj^ 
back in 1850, and Mr. .T. B. Curtis, the son, is now sole 
proprietor although the old firm-name is retained. The 
premises made use of comprise 4 floors measuring 70 x 
l.'iO feet each, and are located corner of Deer and Fore 
Streets, they being fitted up with the most improved 
machinery throughout. Employment is given to 40 
assistants, exclusive of 2 travelling men, and all orders 
can be filled without delay and at positively the lowest 
market rates, quality of course being duly considered. 

D. L. FEEXALD & CO., Inspectors and 
Packers of Fish. End Union Wharf. Among the many 
wholesale fish houses of Portland not one has a higher 
reputation for enterprise and uniformly fair dealing 
than that of D. L. Fernald & Co., and this reputation is 
all the more honorable aud noteworthy from the fact 
that it is the result of many years of public service, for 
although the present firm was formed in 1884 the bus- 
iness itself is of much earlier origin it having been car- 
ried on for about 30 years before Mr. D.L. Fernald 
became sole proprietor, in 1881, he having for 5 years 
previous been a member of the firm of J. VV. Sawyer & 
Co., who were the owners of it up to 1881. Mr. Fernald 
is a native of Camden, Me., and in 1884 he became as- 
sociated with Mr. F. H. Smith, a native of Xorih Haven, 
Me., thus forming the existing firm, who are In- 
spectors and Packers of Fish aud occupy two buildings 
at the end of Union Wharf, one containing 2 floors 
measuring 50x125 feet, and the other, 2 floors 50x130 
feet in size. An adequate force of assistants is employed 
and all orders can be filled at short notice and at posi- 
tively the lowest market rates. 

GEEEN & JOED AN, 239 Federal St., Port- 
land, Me. Masons & Builders. The work of the Mason 
and Builder is, or at all events should be, characterized 
by solidity and durability and it is pleasant to call atten- 
tion to a firm engaged in this line of business, that has 
gained an enviable and exceptionally high reputation 
for filling orders in a thorough as well as in an especially 
prompt manner. We refer to the concern known as 
Green & .Jordan, for since this firm was formed about 
twenty years ago, they have done a great deal of work 
in so satisfactory a style as to fully deserve the many 
encomiums which have been bestowed upon them. The 
premises utilized as office, etc., are located at Xo. 239 
Federal Street. The individual members of the firm are 
Mr. W. H. Green and Mr. A. Jordan, both of whom are 
natives of Maine and are known throughout Portland as 
enterprising and honorable business men who may be 
confidently relied upon to carry out every agreement 
into which they may enter. Employment is given to 
twelve assistants and jobbing of all kinds is made a 
specialty, building by contract and otherwise being also 



extensively done. Jobs requiring particular haste, can 
almost invariably be hurried through in a very brief 
space of time, as every facility is at hand to accomplish 
such a result and all work done is guaranteed to be first- 
class, the charges being as low as is consistent with the 
use of the best materials and the employment of skilled 
labor. The gentlemen in question are all well known in 
this section of the State. Mr. Green is now City Marshal 
of Portland, and both he and Mr. Jordan have held the 

office of Councilman. 

THE POETLAND SAFE DEPOSIT CO., 
Chartered by an Act of the Legislature of Maine, 1873, 
for the Safe-keeping of Valuables and the Rental of 
Safes, in its Fire-proof and Burglar-proof Vaults, No. 
87 Exchange St., Portland, Me. If it be sound doctrine 
that anything which tends to make the commission of 
crime more difticult is an aid to morality, then the enter- 
prise conducted by the Portland Safe Deposit Company 
must rank with the great moral agencies of the State, 
for the direct tendency of this is to make burglary un- 
profitable and indeed impossible, and it attains this end 
by the surest and wisest of all methods— the removal of 
temptation. The company utilizes a vault, built of the 
best material in the most scientific manner and so con- 
structed aud guarded as to be absolutely proof against 
both fire and burglars. There is no qualification what- 
ever of this statement to be made — the vault is simply 
absolutely secure and valuables placed in it are as safe 
from thieves as they would be if sunk to the bottom of 
mid-ocean, and at the sime time they are easily acces- 
sible to their rightful owners or duly qualified agents. 
The service is so efficient, so comprehensive and so per- 
fect in every way that no excuse is left for keeping 
valuable securities or papers of any kind, plate, jewelry 
or gems at home and thereby not only endangering your 
own life and property but the safety of your family ; 
for it criminal annals prove anything they prove that no 
man can follow such a practice long before it is known 
to criminal classes, any more than he can make a habit 
of carrying large sums of money upon his person with- 
out exposing himself to imminent aud deadly peril. The 
Vault contains a number of Safes which can be rented 
at from $10.00 to .$75.00 a year, according to size and 
location, the lessee exclusively holding the keys. Special 
deposits of money are received for short or long terms 
at reasonable rates, this being an accommodation to 
strangers in the city and to business men wishing to 
deposit money received after bank hours. Securities, 
Coin, Jewelry, and other valuables will be received at 
certain fixed charges, a summary of which is herewith 
given : Storage for Safe-Keeping." Government or other 
Securities, transfer.able by delivery, $2.50 per $1,000; 
Government or other Securities, not transferable by 
delivery. .82.00 per $1,000; Gold or Silver Coin or Jewel- 
ry, $2.50 per $1,000; Silver or Gold Plate, under sfal, 
upon owner's valuation, (suhject toajustment for bulk,) 
$1.00 per $100; Deeds, Mortgages, aud other papers of 
no fixed value, $1.00 each. Wills, during life of maker, 
$5.00, and $1.00 additional whenever withdrawn and 
returned. No Charge less than One Dollar. The com- 
pany was chartered by a special act of the Maine Legis- 
lature in 1875, and among the names of its officers, past 
and present, will be found many of the most prominent 
financiers in the State. The present oflicers are as fol- 
lows : President, L. D. M. Sweat. Directors. Francis 
K. Swan, (Banker^ Portland; Wm. H. Moulton, Port- 
land; Wm. G. Davis, (Nat. Traders Bank), Portland ; 
L. D. M. Sweat, Portland ; H. M. Payson, Portland ; 
H.J. Libby, (Pres"t 1st Nat. Bank), Portland; Philip 
H. Brown, (J. B. Brown & Sons), Portland; Edw. A. 
Noyes, (Treas. Port. Sav. Bk.), Portland; William 
Sweat. Portland. Secretary and Treasurer, William 
Sweat. The premises are at No. 87 Exchange St., and 
are so arranged as to greatly facilitate business trans- 
actions. 



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Warranted to Give Entire Satisfaction! 

-^^-^FOR SALE BY ALL WHOLESALE GROCERS.^-^*- 



l^f»i^o>' Cs»»"»i!!*tc-i- 1-''K1515. 



J. E. STRINGER, 



180 COMMERCIAL STREET. 



J. A. Mclaughlin & CO., Meichaut Tail- 
ors. Dealers in Domestic ;iud Foreign Wooleus, 50<! 1-2 
Congress Street, Portland. Maine. There are many of 
our readers residing in I'ortlaud and vicinity, who do not 
need to be told of the advantages gained by jiatronizing 
J. A. McT.aughliu I't Co., the well-known merchant tail- 
ors, doing business at .lOii 1-2 Congress street, but as 
some have not as yet placed orders at this popular estab- 
lishment, we takepleasure in calling their favorable at- 
tention to it, for Messrs. McLaughlin A Co. are capable 
of turning out work equal to the best, and their prices 
are remarkably low all things considered. Mr. .J. A. 
McLaughlin is a native of Dover, N. H., and founded 
the business now conducted under the llrm name of .1. 
A. McLaughlin & Co. in 1880. The premises utilized are 
spacious and well arranged, and a Hue assortment of 
foreign and domestic woolens are always to be found in 
stock, the latest fashionable novelties being represented, 
and the range of styles being sufticiecitly extensive to 
enable all tastes to be suited. Six competent assistants 
are employed, and the i)roprietors supervise all work 
done at this establlslmieot. Suits or single garments 
will be made to order at short notice, a perfect rit being 
guaranteed in every instance. Messrs. McLaughlin \- 
Co. spare no pains "to suit the most fastidious of cus- 
tomers, and those who appreciate thoroughly and artisti- 
cally made clothhig at moderate rates, should by all 
means give this (inn a trial order. 



S. \\'. M(L-\rGHLiy, 24.} Oxford Street, 
Portland. Me. Grot eries, aud Meat. In aualy/ing the 
popularity that the enterprise carried on by >Ir. S. W. 
McLauglilin unquestionably enjoys, we find that it does 
not seem to be due to any one thing but rather to the 
impression made by his methods of doing business, 
when considered altogether. For instance, Mr. 
McLaughlin does not claim to .sell cheaper than every- 
body else, although he does ofler his goods at the lowest 
market rates. Neither does he claim to carry the 
largest stock in this section of the town, but neverthe- 
less the variety on hand is such that all tastes can be 
suited. He strives to fully satisfy every customer, and 
give a dollar's worth of value for every dollar be 
receives, and it may be said that this is probably one of 
the chief causes of the i>opularity referred to. Mr. 
McLaughlin is a native of Levant. Me., aud has liad 
considerable experience in his present business. He has 
been sole proprietor of the establishment since 1888, at 
that time succeeding Varncy & Uould, wlio had carried 
it ou for many years previous. The premises utilized 
are located atNo. 24.'i Oxford Street, and are ii x 50 ft. 
in dimensions, and contain an extensive and varied stock 
of meats and groceries in general. All classes of trade 
are catered to, the prices are placed at the lowest figures 
consistent with the liandling of dependable goods, and 
prompt and courteous attention is assured to every 
caller. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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MiLLIKEN, TOMLINSON COMPANY. PORTLAND. ME. 



MILLIKEX, TOMLIXSON CO., Importers 
and Wholesale de.alers in Flour, Groceries and Provis- 
ious ; 303 to 309 Commercial street. Portland, Me. Tlie 
standino; of the Millikeu, Tomliusou Company can be 
easily given for this is the largest concern of the kind 
in town, and there are but few in all New England, Bos- 
ton not excepted, that can compare with it in magnitude 
and importance. Xor is this to be wondered, at for the 
enterprise conducted by the company is the company is 
the result of the union of two great undertakings, each 
of which was a leader in its special line. — that tounded 
by Messrs. W. & C. K. Milliken in 1847, and that founded 
by Messrs. Cousens & Tomllnson in 1879. — these being 
united in 1890, when the present company was incorpo- 
rated with a capital of 82.")0,000, and with Mr. VV. F. 
Milliken as President and Mr. A. T. Laughlin as Treas- 
urer. The Milliken, Tonilinson Company are Importers 
and Wholesale Dealers in Flour, Groceries and Provis- 
ions, and carry an Immense stock requiring the occu- 
pancy of the entire block located at Nos. 30:! to 309 Com- 
mercial street, and comprising .5 Hoors and a basement, 
each measuring 100x120 feet — all of this great amount of 
space being utilized by the company, with the exception 
of three offices on the second floor of the building. The 
trade extends throughout this section of the country 
and is steadily increasing as the company possess such 
exceptional facilities as to enable them to easily meet 
all competitiou and indeed to offer special and unequalled 
advantages to customers. Employment is given to 60 as- 
sistants, and so thoroughly is the business systemetized 
that every order is assured prompt and careful attention. 



CARLETON BROTHERS & COMPANY, 
Manufacturers of Jacobs' Lime and Land Plaster, 
Proprietors of Portland Plaster Mills. Also Dealers in 
" Hoffman " and ' Old Newark " Cements, Hair. Brick, 
etc., English and German I'ortland Cements ; all Kinds 
of Masons' Supplies, No. 364 Commercial Street, Boston 
and Maine K. R. Wharf, Portland, Me. Telephone 
7r)7-F. The firm of Carleton Brothers & Co. rank with 
the best-known and most successful manufacturers of 
and dealers in lime, plaster, etc.. in New England, and 
it is natural that such should be the case for no concern 
has better facilities or utilizes them to more advantage. 
They own several vessels, which are utilized principally 
for the transportation of lime, the Arm having quarries 
at Rockport and Camden. They are proprietors of the 
" Portland Plaster Mills," located on West Commercial 
St., and manufacture "Jacobs' lime and land plaster," 
which is extremely well and favorably known to the 
trade and to consumers in general. Spacious premises 
at No. 364 Commercial St., Boston & Maine K. R. 
Wharf, are occupied, and a heavy stock of all kinds of 
masons' supplies is constantly carried, the firm dealing 
very largely in ."Hoflmann" and " Old Newark" 
cements, English and Gerniau Portland cements, hair, 
brick, etc., quoting bottom prices and filling all orders 
large and small without delay, whether given in person, 
sent by mail or by telephone No. 7.i7-F. The concern ia 
made up of Messrs. J. H.. Ralph W., P. J., and Samuel 
D. ('.arleton. all of whom are natives of Rockport; J. H. 
Carleton giving his personal attention to the business at 
Portland, maintaining the service at a high standard. 



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OBSERVATORY SOUVENIR SPOON. 




WILLIAM SENTER & CO., Jewelers, Nautical and Optical Instruments, No. 51 Exchange 
Street, Portland. Mc. Nothing is to be gained by oflering proof of a statement which nobody dispute?, and as 
nobody aiqiiainted with the facts would think of di.sputing the supremacy of the establishment "carried on under 
the old and honored flrm-name of AViliiam Senter & Co , we will simply say that for many years this has been the 
recognized headquarters for chronometers, clocks, watches and nautical instruments, andhas also been ver3' widely 
and favorably known as a jewelry store, the stock always including the latest novelties, the goods being uniform- 
ly reliable and the prices being moderate in every instance, 'ibis business was founded away back in 188(! by 
Messrs. I^owell & Senter, who continued it until 1809, when the senior partner retired. Mr. William Senter carried 
it on alone until 1874 when the present firm name v.as adopted, owing to the admission of Mr. William Senter, Jr., 
who is now sole proprietor. He is a native of Portsmouth, N. H., and is very widely known in social as well as 
business circles. The premises made use of are located at No. .51 Exchange street, and comprise one floor and a 
basement, measuring 20x100 feet. A very large and costly stock is carried, the chronometers, nautical, mathemat- 
ical and optical instruments being especially noteworthy, as they represent the limit of perfection thus far reached 
in their several lines, and are fully guaranteed by their makers and by the firm of William Senter & Co., the latter 
guarantee being the one mo?t relied upon in this" part of the world as its absolute reliability is very generally .'ip- 
preciatcd. Kinployment is given to from 7 to 'J assistants, and callers are assured prompt" and careful attention. 
In answer to the fashion, ot such mementoes, this house lias produced souvenir spoons with a design of Portland 
Observatory on the handle, as illustrated. As Portland Observatory was erected in 1807, it is without doubt tlic 
best known building in the city and makes the spoon a valuable souvenir of the city by the sea. 



O. A. :Mf FADDEX. Wholesale Commis.sion 
Lumber, 11 Exchange Street, Portland, Me. It is safe 
to assert that few men are more generally and favorably 
known among the Lumber trade throughout Maine than 
is Mr. O. A. McFadden, for he has been identified with 
this branch of industry for a score of years or more and 
has won an enviable reputation for e'nteiprise and fair 
dealing. Mr. McFadden is a native of Fairfield. Me., and 
began operations about twenty years ago as a manu- 
facturer of and dealer in Longaiid .-^hort Lumber, but 
since 1884 he has confined himself to the handling of 
Lumber, doing a wholesale commission business and 
being prepared to meet all honorable competition and 
serve ihe best interests of both producer and consumer. 
His office is at No. 11 Exchange St., and he controls 
extensive storage facilities on the Boston & Maine 
Wharf, being generally able to fill even the heaviest 
orders at very short notice, and always quoting the 
lowest markft rates on each of the vai"ious grades of 
stock handled. 



EAGLE MAKKET, Pierce & Dodfre, Dealers 
in Groceries and Provisions, corner Oxford and Mayo 
Streets. Sign of the (iolden Eagle. J'ortland, Me. 
Among the best known establishments of the kind in 
this city is that conducted bv Messrs Pierce & Dodge 
at the corner of Oxford and iMa\o Streets for this 
enterjirise was inaugurated severaf years ago by a Mr. 
Leigbton, who was succeeded liy Mr. Fred. W. Shaw, 
the present firm assuming control ot the business in 
1890. The individual members being Mr. F. M. Pierce 
a native of Augusta. Me., and Mr. E. W. r)odgc of 
Portsmouth, N. II. They liave become thoroughly 
identified with Ihe uiiderlaking in (piestion and utilize 
premises at Ihe above named address, measurng i't by 
40 feet. A fine slock is constantly on hand to choos"e 
from, it being made up of choice staple and fancy gro- 
ceries and provisions of all kinds, including articles too 
numerous to mention. Messrs. Pierce & Dodge employ 
eompeteut assistants and are iu a position to assure im- 
mediate and courteous attention to every caller. They 



cater to no special class of trade, but strive to ofTer'a 
suflicient variety of goods to suit all tastes and purses, 
and to quote positively the lowest market rates at all 
times. They have built up an extensive business during 
their honorable career, and have an unsurpassed repu 
tation for selling goods strictly on their merits, no 
misrepresentatiou being practiced under any circum- 
stances. 



CHARLES E. LIBBY. Practical Piano-Forte 
and Furniture Mover, Jobbing of all Kinds, Baggage 
called for and delivered in any part of tlie city. Office. 
!l7 Cross Street. Stand, at A. "Little & Co. "s. Kesidence, 
98 Clark Street. Stable. 1.58 Green Street. Portland. Me. 
Their are many advantages connected with visiting u 
resort where " everybody ■■ goes but there are also apt 
to be some disadvantages, as for instance being unable 
to get a team, on account of the local accommodations 
being exhausted. So far as Portland is coucerned it 
will be no fault of Mr. Chas. E. Libby if visitors cannot 
get good teams at short notice for he has a large and 
well equipped stable and is prepared to furnish first 
class single and double teams, for all purposes. Mr. 
Libby started this enterprise about twelve years ago his 
office being at No. 97 Cross Street, and his stables at 
No. 1."k8 (ireen Street, wliere he employs some fifteen to- 
twenty reliable emiiloyies. lie is a practical Piano- 
Forte and Furniture Mover, and does Jobbing of all 
Kinds, Baggage called for and delivered iu any part of 
the city. He also runs Busses, in the Summer, to Cape 
Cottage and Pond Cove, also runs a City Parcel Delivery, 
calling for and delivering parcels from stores and houses, 
and runs an Omnibus seven times daily to Knigbtville 
and Deering. Mr. Libby is a native of Portland, and is 
very pojiular among his patrons and other* doing bus- 
iness with him for he is straight forward in his methods 
and faithfully carries out every agreement. Orders can 
be sent to his oftlce, by the telejihone. No, 241 B. which 
will receive prompt attention, and he can always furnish 
Packing Cases for Moving, A specialty is made ot 
running Barges for excursion or party work. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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A. ROBERTSON, 



73 Middle Street, 



F»OI«Trv>VIVD, IVIE., 



Wholesale Dealer in 



Pickles, ^^ Catsup, 



FRUIT AND PRODUCE. 



KENNEDY & WILLAED, Wholesale Deal- 
ers in Live, Boiled and Pickled Lobsters, 12 Custom 
House Wharf, Portland, Me. The briskness and energy 
manifested in the enterprise carried on by Messrs. 
Kennedy & Willard are in refreshing contrast to the 
methods pursued at some other establishments of a 
similar nature, aud it is not to be wondered at that .a 
large business has already been built up, although the 
undertaking was not inaugurated until 1S90. The 
premises utilized are located at No. 12 Custom House 
Wharf, and measuring about 20x50 feet. Live, boiled 
and pickled lobsters are dealt in and a strictly whole- 
sale business is carried on, and the prices quoted to 
both large and small buyers are guaranteed to be as low 
as the lowest. The firm is composed of Mr. William H. 
Kennedy, who was born in Cumberland, Me., and of 
Mr. F. S. Willard who claims Cape Elizabeth, Me., as 
his native place. Both of these gentlemen give close 
and careful attention to their business and are prepared 
to fill all orders promptly and in a satisfactory manner. 
Employment is given to one assistant. 

J. L. BEACIvETT, Manufacturer of Boxes 
and Box Shook, Trunk Boxes, Shoe Boxes. Factory, 
corner Kennebec, Hanover and Preble Streets. Office, 
26.5 Middle aud 240 Federal Streets, Portland, Me. The 
cost of boxes and box shook has been reduced to so low 
a figure by the influence of competition and the use of 
highly ingenious and efficient machinery that careful 
management and the use of a completely equipped 
factory are practically indispensable to success in this 
line of business; and the leading position held by Mr. J. 
L. Brackett as a box manufacturer furnishes a promi- 
nent example of the truth of this assertion, for Mr. 
Brackett's long experience admirably fits him to carry 
on a business of this kind to the best advantage, and his 
factory is one of the most completely and efficiently 
equipped establishment of the kind in the State. It is 
located at the corner of Kennebec, Hanover and Preble 
Sts.. and contains the most improved machinery for the 
manufacture of boxes and box shook, the more import- 
ant specialties produced being trunk boxes, spice boxes, 
can boxes, and shoe boxes. He also just added a 
printing press for printing on all kinds of boxes. 
Customers are found throughout this section of the 
country, and the most extensive orders can be filled at 
short notice, a large force of assistants being employed. 
Mr. Brackett has an office at No, "SGo Middle and No. 
240 Federal St., and those wishing boxes or box shook, 
especially in very large quantities, would best serve 
their own interests by communicating with him as he is 
prepared to quote positively bottom figures. 



THE GIANT ELECTRIC MOTOR CO., Man- 
ufacturers of Electric I>ight Dynamos and Motors of 
all kinds, Factory, 472-74-76 Fore Sreet, Portland, Me. 
The Giant Electric Motor Co. was incorporated in 
1889, with an authorized capital of $.500,000, for the 
purpose of manufacturing Electric Light Dynamos, 
Motors, Electric Drills and other Electrical Machinery. 
It has its main office at No. 27 School St., Boston, aiid 
Mr. Nathan Abbott, the president, and Mr. E. Glover, 
the treasurer, are both well-known Boston business men. 
The superintendent, Mr. C. B. Story, who has had 
several years experience with Edison and Brush Electric 
Light Cos., is very widely known in mechanical and 
general business circles throughout the State. The 
factory is located at Nos. 472, 474 and 476 Fore Street, 
and i< fitted-up with a complete plant of improved 
machinery. The distinguishing characteristics of the 
dynamos made by this company are their simplicity of 
design and strength of construction, and the ease, 
rapidity aud cheapness with which worn parts may be 
removed and new ones substituted. The commutator 
used in the ordinary dynamo costs from 25 to 40 dollars 
and can be put in only by an electrician ; the removable 
segments which sustain all the wear upon the commuta- 
tor in the Chapman Dynamo (made only by the Giant 
Electric Motor Co.), cost from 5 to 10 dollars andean 
be put in by a boy equipped only with a screw driver, in 
a few minutes. The dynamos range in capacity from 10 
to 300 lights, and for simplicity of construction, low cost 
of introduction, cheapness of maintenance, durability 
and practical efficiency are not surpassed by any in the 
market. The Chapman Motor is made in 5 sizes from 
i to 4 horse power and possesses all the advantages 
which have made the Chapman Dynamo so popular. 
The Chapman Electric Drill is also worthy of high 
commendation, it being simple, compact, light, reliable 
and convenient. It is made in two styles, one for drill- 
ing wood and the other for drilling metal, and these 
have the important advantage that they can be carried 
to and operated in any part of the factory, foundry, or 
shop. The illustrated catalogue issued by the company 
will be sent on application as will also estimates of the 
cost of installing an electric lighting plant of any desired 
capacity. Orders can be filled at short notice, and the- 
record thus far made by the company's productions 
warrants us in guaranteeing satisfaction to all who may 
make use of them, and will be guided by instructions 
received. The following testimonials, given to Mr. 
Chapman, the inventor of the dynamo and at present the 
company's electrician, will prove of interest in this- 
connection : 

Office op B. F. STURVENANT, 
W. H. CHAPMAN, Conway, N. H., Aug. .S, 1889. 

Dear Sir .•— Having used your 30 light dynam'* for a year and a- 
half in our factory. I wish to' expre^^s my complete satisfaction withi 
its performance. We have run 40 lights of 20 c. p. each, with it, aud 
at no time has it snown the least delinquency about performing its 
work and running the 40 lamps to their full brilliancy. 
Yours truly, 

B. F. CLARK, Supt. 

Babtlett, N. H., Sept. 3, 1889. 

w. h. chapman. 

Dear Sir .'—The 30 lieht machine you put into our factory has done 
remarkably good se'vice for us the pa*t year. It seems like living 
iu another age of the world.it is so extremely convenit-nt and re- 
quires no more attention for the whole plant than we used to give to 
a single kerosene lamp. We pronounce it a perfect method ■ f 
lighting. KEAKSABGE PEG CO. 

Portland, Me., Feb. 12, 1890. 
W. H. CHAPMAN, 

Dear S/r;— Wehave used your lighling machine ten hours a day 
for three years, and are prep'ared to give it a high recommend. We 
find it always reliable and extremely convenient. The wear and tear 
is offset by the easy and cheap renewal of commutator segments, so 
that the machine is practically as good as new all the time in spite 
of the heavy and constant load it has to carry. The number of 20 c, 
p. lamps attached to it is forty-five. F. H. WILBER. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




F. & C. B. NASH, Agents for the Econ- 
omy Steam tS: Warm Air Furnaces, and dealers in Stoves, 
KauRep. Tin Ware, and House Furui>liiug Goods, 3Srj 
and 3911 Fore St., Portland, Me. The '• Kcouoniy "" Steam 
and Warm Air Furnaces are well-nanied for tliej' are so 
constructed as to be remarkably ecouomical of fuel, they 
are in use in this city by mmy well known citizens and 
are voudied for as being the best system yet introduced. 
It is claimed for them that they give far more heat with 
less consumption of coal than any other, and the tes- 
timony is given by parties whose word cannot be 
doubted. Those contemi>lating putting in heating ap- 
paratus should investigate this system before buying 
any other. The firm are also agents for the Koyal Fal- 
mouth Kange of twenty dill'erent styles and patterns 
also other tirst-elass Ranges and a full line of Parlor 
Stoves. They are heavy manufacturers of Tin-Ware, 
and carry a full line of House Furnishing Goods in 
general ; requiring the occupancy of ."> floors, each meas- 
uring 40x00 feet. The premises are located at Xo.s. .380 
and 3'JO Fore St., and are well worthy of a visit This 
business was founded more than half a century ago by 
>Ir. Samuel A. Nash, and in 184.5 came under the control 
of Mr. J. Xash, the present firm-name being adopted in 
1800, and still being retained although Mr. F. Nash died 
in 1890 Mr. C. B. Na-h is a native of Hayniond, Me., and 
is very widely known throughout Portland business and 
social circles. 

L. C. YOUNG, Merchant Tailor, 40(U Con- 
gress Street. Portland, Me. — " Good wine needs no 
bush" says the proverb, and good clothing needs no 
commendation in order to attract the attention of those 
really appreciative of such garments, for re illy artistic 
clothing IS not so common as to cause it to be passed by 
unnoticed, and if proof of this assertion be needed it 
mav be found in the develojtment of the business car- 
ried on by Mr. I>. (', '^ oung since its inception in 1884, 
or rather since its renioval to this city for it was found- 
ed in 1S7S, it being originally located in Woodfords. 
Mr. Young is a merchant tailor who caters to the most 
fastidious trade and yet quotes prices con-iderably be- 
low those usually named in connection with artist tail- 
oring. No better fitting, better trinmied, or more thor- 
oughly made gar.;:eMts are produced in Portland than 
those furnished bv him, and wi' have no hesitation in 
guaranteeing satisfaction to all who may f.-ivor him with 
an order, for we know his work is equal to the best and 
his prices are moderate enough to suit the most econom- 
ically disposed. Despite the magnitude of the business 



orders can be filled at short notice, for employment is 
given to 35 assistants, and the premises occupied at No. 
496 1-2 Congress street, comprise 3 floors measuring 
20 X 60 feet each and are eqiupped with the most im- 
proved facilities. The latest novelties in suitings, etc., 
are always in stock, and callers are assured prompt and 
courteous attention at all times. 

M. F. BROOKS. D, D. S. 4.'i9 Congress St., 
Portland, Me. We sincerely hope that none of our 
readers have the toothache, both for their sake and our 
own, for a person with this atfliction upon him is apt to 
be a most captious critic, and to be ditfieult to please 
in any way. But if they have, the tUDthache or for any 
other reason reiiuire the services of a competent dentist, 
we can most lieartilj' advise them to call upon Dr. M. 
F. Brooks, located at No. 439 Congress street, and sub- 
mit themselves to his skillful treatment. Dr. Brooks is 
a native of Norway, Maine, and has practiced his pro- 
fession in Portland since 1885, audhas made a most fav- 
orable impression by the zeal ami ability he has shown 
in attending to the wants of thei)ublic. He is a graduate 
of Boston Dental College. As care and skill can be great- 
ly aided by the employment of proper facilities, it is 
gratifying to know that Dr. Brooks has the most improved 
appliances at his command, and can therefore perform 
all necessary operations with the greatest celerity and 
accuracy. He is very gentle in his treatment of patients 
and scientific and thorough in his work. If we might 
presume to otter a few words of advice to those troubled 
with defective teeth, they would be these, don't abuse 
your teeth under any circumstances, dou"t let them go 
without exjiert attention, have them tilled before decay 
has gone too far. 



J. McKIVITT & CO., 



Wholesale and Retail Dealers in 



Live, Boiled ^ Pickled 



LOBSTERS, 



78 & 80 Commercial St., 



PORTLAND, ME 



.1. McKivrrr. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



>7J 



THE POETLAND CEMENT PIPE CO., 

294 and 206 Commercial Street, Portland, Me. The 
business carried on by the Portland Cement Pipe Com- 
pany was founded just a quarter of a century ago, 
operations being begun by Mr. .1. W. Stockwell, in 
liSGC. In 188.3 the Portland "C'emeDt Pipe and Stone Co. 
was formed, and in 18!'0 the present company was 
regularly incorporated under Maine laws and assumed 
control of the enterprise. The works and office are 
located at Nos. 294 and 296 Commercial street, the 
premises being very spacious and admirably arranged, 
while the location is such as to reduce the trouble and 
expense of transportation to a minimum, whether 
goods be sent by rail or sea. The company manufac- 
ture a very superior grade of sewer pipe, besides a 
variety of artilicial stone go^ds, and have customers 
throughout New England and the Middle States, as the 
productions are unsurpassed and in some respects 
unequalled and are offered at prices that commend them 
to all close buyers. Among the more prominent goods 
turned out may be mentioned sewer, culvert, chimney 
and well pipe in eleven diameters, from three to twenty- 
four iuch, together with elbows, bands, branches and 
traps for each size : stone edgings for lawns, paving 
blocks for walks, chimney tops and slnbs, carriage 
blocks, etc. A beautiful walk may be made by combin- 
ing the blocks and the edging made by this company 
and it is as durable as beautiful it properly laid, being 
entirely unaffected by frost. Thepavement may be either 
solid color or checkered, as the blocks are made in all 
colors as well as in all sizes, but those kept in stock are 
7x7 inches square and 1', inches thick and are either 
black, red or drab in color. All grades of cement are 
also constantly in stock, together with builders' supplies 
in general; brick for all purposes, tile for underground 
draining, in all sizes ; hearth, flooring and mantle tiles of 
the latest patterns in glazed and unglazed: va«es for 
lawns and flower pots of all Sizes. Prices will be quoted 
on application, and correspondence is solicited, as the 
company know they are in a position to meet all honor- 
able competition and also know that their goods need 
only to be introduced into any section to build up a large 
and permanent demand tor them. Mr. Frank S. Water- 
house is president of the company, and Mr. Herbert G. 
Briggs is treasurer and secretary. 

STEVENS c^' JONES, (Successors to Hoyt, 
Fogg & Donham.) Publishers, Booksellers, Stationers, 
and Account Book Manufacturers, under Falmouth 
Hotel. 208 Middle Street, Portland, Me. The firm of 
Stevens & Jones is of comparatively recent origin, 
having been formed in 1888, but' the enterprise with 
which it is identified is one of the oldest-establi-hed and 
best-known of the kind in the entire State, it having 
been inaugurated in 186S by Messrs. Hoyt & Fogg. In 
1870 the firm-name became Hoyt, Fogg & Breed, and in 
1878 was changed to Hoyt, Fogg & Donham. The pre- 
sent firm is constituted of Messrs. Will. H. Stevens and 
Edward C. Jones, the former a native of Springfield, 
Maine, and the latter of this city. The concern are 
Publishers, Booksellers, Stationers, and Account Book 
Manufacturers, doing both a wholesale and retail busi- 
ness and utilizing very spacious and well-equipped 
premises comprising 2 floors of the dimensions of 3.5x 
100 feet, a printing office and a book-bindery. The store 
is located at No. 208 Middle St., under the Falmouth 
Hotel, and contains a fine assortment of standard and 
popular books, and a very large and complete stock of 
stationery for business use and social correspondence, 
together with ofHce supplies and writing materials of 
every description. Messrs. Stevens & Jones are pre- 
pared to quote bottom prices in every department of 
their business and to fill the largest orders at very short 
notice. 



GEO. WILCOX. Wholesale and Retail Dealer 
in Oysters, Claras and Lobsters. 16 Silver Street Market, 
Portland, Me. There is an immense amount of oj'Sters, 
clams and lobsters sold in Portland every year, and a 
goodly proportion of it is handled by Mr. Geo. Wilcox, 
for this old established house has exceptional facilities 
and is therefore able to offer the very strongest induce- 
ments to customers. The establishment in question was 
opened to the publicin I8SI by Mr. Thomas Simpson, who 
was succeeded by the present proprietor in 1883. Mr. 
Wilcox is a native of Nova Scotia, and is very well 
known throughout Portland and vicinity. The premises 
made use of are located at 10 Silver Street Market, 
where a very extensive stock is carried made up of Oys- 
ters, Clams and Lobsters. The large wholesale and retail 
business transacted requires the services of nine well 
informed assistants, and we are happy to say that de- 
spite the magnitude of the business "small buyers are 
shown equally prompt and courteous attention as are 
those who purchase in quantity. Mr. Wilcox obtains 
his supplies from reliable sources and all patrons will 
find him prepared to furnish fresh and desirable goods 
at the very lowest market rate while orders will be 
accurately filled and promptly delivered. 

W. W. LATHAM & SON, Wholesale Deal- 
ers in General Groceries, S3 Commercial Street, 
Poitland, Me. The firm of W. W. Latham & Son was 
formed in 1890, but despite its recent origin this house 
holds a high position in the wholesale grocery trade of 
Portland, and the senior partner is, one of our best- 
known merchants, he having been one of the firm ot 
AVoodbury & Latham for a score of <rears. Mr. W. W. 
Latham is a native of Gray, Maine, anil at one time was 
connected with the Portland city council. Mr. E. M. 
Latham, his sou, was born in tliis city and has many 
friends throughout this section. The firm deal in both 
staple and fancy groceries, but make a specialty of the 
latter, and carry a very complete assortment, the stock 
being so large as to require the occupancy of five floors, 
each measuring 25 X 7.5 feet. Employment is given to 
an adequate force of experienced assistants and every 
order is assured immediate and careful attention. 
Messrs. W. W. Latham & Son are prepared to quote 
bottom prices as well as to furnish goods that will give 
the best of satisfaction to the most critical trade. 

BLANCHARD HOUSE, Mrs. T. Short, Pro- 
prietress, Transient and Permanent Boarders at Lowest 
Prices, No. 26 Free Street. Portland, Me. — People who 
care more for style than they do for comfort and who 
judge of the desirability of the service offered at a public 
house entirely by the changes made in connection with 
the s.ame. will not be especially interested in the Blan- 
chard House, and will hardly find it worth their while 
to read this brief notice of the same, but the majority of 
our readers are not included in this class and therefore 
we need no apology for devoting space to a considera- 
tion ot the hotel in question. The proprietress, Mrs. T. 
Short, seems to have but one object in view and that is 
to make her guests feel entirely at home and comfortable. 
Of course she Is not in the business for the fun of the 
thing, and she proposes to make a fair profit on her in- 
vestment, but she evidently believes that a liberal policy 
pays the best in the long run. The Blanchard House is 
very pleasantly situated at No. 26 Free street. The 
house was opened by the present proprietrss in 1891, and 
has received such a generous patronage. The house has 
twenty-six sleeping-rooms which are comfortably fur- 
nished and neatly kept, and both transient and perman- 
ent boarders are accommodated at lowest prices. The 
table is supplied at all seasons with an abundance, the 
bill of fare showing a good variety — the cooking and 
service is first-class, and the prices are very moderate. 



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t uutil it hiis read 



m. A. ALLSIT, 

Mauiifa.tui-^r. \Vli..l.'s9l.- .ui.l liftail Ik-aler in 

Building )k Trimmings. 

Mill and Office, Foot of Preble St., Portland, Me, 

It is a pleasure to call atteDtion to an establishment so thor- 
oughly well equipped aud so excellently managed as is that 
conducted by Mr. W. A. Allen, for we feel that entire satisfac- 
itly be guaranteed to every patron, as Mr. Allen's past record and present 

^„^ ^ I, as to'niake it certain tliat he can easily meet all honorable competition 

and fully suit even the most critical, especially a^his prices are as low as the lowest. lie is 
a native of Faluiouth. Maine, founded his present business in 1S7.'), and has steadily developed i 
large proportions. The mill and office are located at the foot of Preble street, the factory building being 3 stories 
in height. .50xS7 feet in dimensions, and titted up with the most improved machinery, driven by a 20-horse-power 
engine. Employment is given to IS assi-taiits, und a manufacturing, wholesale and retail business is done in build- 
ing trimmings, posts, rails, balusters, brackets, mouldings, door and window frames, house aud church flnish, etc. 
Particular aUiMition is given to stair building, and no one in the state does better work in this verv important line. 
Another sjiecialty is the making of all kinds of work to architects' plans at bottom prices, and mantels, sideboards 
aud dado work will be made to order: also sawing, turning and planing. Mr. Allen has done some very elaborate 
interior tiuishing for parlies in Portland and vicinity, aud it has excited much favorable comment from thoroughly 
competent juilgps, 

GEOKGE S. HUNT & CRAM, Sii},'ar Brokers. 
Office 1C.5 Commercial Street. The fact that sugar enters 
more or less largely into the composition of almost every 
article of food is of itself convincing evidence that it is 
essential to the maintenance of healtli, and the enor- 
mous demand for sugar in its pure state shows it to be 
one of the most popular as well as one of the most indis- 
pensible of food products. An immense amount of sugar 
is .old annually in Portland; that city being the distrib- 
uting centre for a large area of country, and the firm of 
(ieorge .S. Hunt & Cram, Sugar Brokers, and agents for 
The American Sugar Betining Co., handle the bulk of 
the total amount disposed of, their ficilities being such 
as to enable them to ofter unsurpassed advantages to 
customers. Mr. Hunt is the President and Mr. Cram the 
Treasurer of the Forest City Sugar Refining Company ; 
and it is safe to say that no two men in Maine are more 
widely known in connection with the sugar trade. The 
firm have an office at Xo. IG5 Commercial street, employ 
from 4 to 8 assistants, aud are prepared to fill the heav- 
iest orders at short notice and at the lowest market 
rates. 

UMBAGOG PULP CO., Manufacturers of 
Wood Pulp and Pulp Boards; E. B.Deuisou, Treasurer; 
Treasurer's Office, Xo. 390 Congress Street, Corner 
Exchange, Portland, Me. It is very difficult to realize 
the magnitude of the demand for wood pulp, no matter 
liow carefully one may study the figures relating to the 
iiulustry, for af»er figures pass certain bounds they are 
to all intents and purposes incomprehensible, oral least 
they fail to convey definite ideas, for the simple reason 
that the mind refuses to assimilate facts too vast to come 
within the range of every day experience. The combined 
production of the various wood pulp factories in a single 
month would seem to be large enough to fill all demands 
for a year, but so far is this from being actually the case 
that liew factories are constantly being e(|nij'pe(i. One 
of the most perfectly appointed and successful of those 
now in operation is that carried on by the I'mbagog Pulp 
Company, at Livermore Falls, Maine. It has a capacity 
of ten tons of wood pulp and pulp boards per day, Is 
driven by water power and aflbrds employment to 
seventy-five assistants. This companv was incorporated 
in 1S82", with a capitalof 8150,000. Mr. II. J. Chisholm is 
president and Mr. E. H. Ueuisou, treasurer, the office of 
the latter being at No. 390 Congress street, corner of 
Exchange. 




H. R. STIOKNEY, Macliiuist aud Inventor, 
No. 57 Union St., Portland, Me. Henry II. Stickney, 
machinist and inventor, builder of light, powerful 
engines, single, double or compound, suitable for pro- 
pelling steam yachts and lauuclies. The accompanying 
cut shoivs the engines built by him for the yacht 
" Maitland." owned by Dr. Bray, commodore of the 
Portland Yacht Club. .Mr. Stickuey is also well-known 
throughout the country as the inventor of Improved 
machinery used by packers of hermatically sealed goods. 
His can-filling machines, oil burners, etc., luivc been 
universally adopted by the largest aud most conservative 
packers in the United States and Canada. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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'-FROST'S IMPROVED COMPOUND VAPOR 
BATHS. The Xucural Remeiv for Rheumiitism, Neu- 
ralgia, Brighfs Disease, aud all Kidney Troubles, 
Diabetes, Hay Fever, Dyspepsia. Dropsv, Catarrh, 
BroQchitis, and all Blood and Skin Disea«e,s. .1. M. 
Frost, 413 Congress St., Portland, Me. Fmsf s Impmvi'd 
Compound Vapor Baths. X very finely equipped estab- 
lishment is that of which Mr. J. .VI. Frost is the mmager 
and his superior facilities for carrying out his woTk, 
have had the natural effect of building up an extensive 
practice, and one which has, by no means, reached its 
full development. Mr. Frost was born in Maine, and 
has been identified with his present enterprise abnut live 
years, having opened here in Portland in 1880 The pre- 
mises utilized are located at No. 413 Congress St., aud 
are well fitted up and conveniently arranged for the 
comfort and convenience of patrons. Mr. Frost per- 
sonally supervises his business and employs only reli- 
able assistants. His Compound Vapor Batlis have been 
tlioroughly tested by expert judges, aud have been 
tried by many, who would be oiily too willing, it called 
upon, to give their testimony as to what the Baths have 
accomplished for them. The Vapor Baths are a natural 
remedy for Xeuralgia, Rheumatism, Brights Disease, 
and all Kiduey Troubles, Diabetes, Hay Fever, Dys- 
pepsia, Dropsy, Bronchitis and all Diseases of the Blood 
and Skin. Mr. Frost's terms are extremely reasonable 
and all who are troubled with any of the above named 
complaints should, bv all means, give this gentleman's 
treatment a trial. Apparatus and Supplies for family 
use for sale. 



05CflR F. BRflNN, D. H. b., 



573 1-2 Congress St., 



PORTIiRND, ME. 



ROSCOE S. DAVIS & CO., Dealer.s in Fur- 
niture and Carpetings, Spring Beds, Mattresses, Croc- 
iery, Cutlery, Silver Plated Ware, Glass Tin and Wooden 
Ware, Stoves, Ranges, etc. lOS Exchange St., cor. 
Federal, Portland, Me. The residents of Portland have 
good reason to congratulate themselves on the existence 
of the enterprise carried on by Messrs. Roscoe S. Davis 
<fe Co., for the simple reason that the ability and energy 
sliown in its management enable them to save money, 
time and trouble whenever they have occasion to pur- 
cliase anything in the line of furniture, carpetings, etc. 
This undertaking was started in 18<)6 by Mr. B. Adams, 
and after several changes in its management came into 
the possession of the present firm in 1884, and who 
expect to remain at the same place. They are widely 
known in this vicinity and do an extensive business 
which is both wholesale and retail in character. The 
premises utilized are located at No. 108 Exchange St., 
corner of Federal St., comprising three floors, covering 
an area of 4000 square feet. They contain a large and 
varied assortment of Furniture, Carpeting, Spring Beds, 
Mattresses, Crockery, Cutlery, Silver Plated Ware, Glass, 
Tin and Wooden Ware, also Stoves, Ranges, etc. There 
are four efficient assistants employed in this store, and 
callers may depend upon receiving immediate and polite 
attention at all times. Goods are sold at the lowest 
market prices and are in every instance guaranteed to 
prove precisely as represented in every respect. 



Merrill, Thomes & Co., 

Importers and Jobbers of 



Faney Goods and Small Wares. 



88 Cross St., Portland, Me. 

A very interesting book might be written on the evo- 
lutions of the dry aud fancy goods business, for its 
growth has been steady, rapid and pronounced, and 
unless all present signs fail it is as yet by no means 
completed, but it is destined to advance far beyond its 
existing stage. This branch of trade can be successful- 
ly studied right here in Portland, for we have many 
well managed dry and fancy goods establishments in 
town, prominent among which is that carried on by 
Messrs. Merrill, Thomes & Co. at their location No. 88 
Cross street. This business was founded in 1867. and 
has increased steadily from year to year until it has 
reached its present development — a development which 
promises of what may be expected iu the immediate 
future. The firm deal in fancy goods and small wares, 
notions, etc., carrying a large and skilfully chosen 
stock. The limits of our space forbid a detailed de- 
scription of the assortment offered, and even could it be 
given it would be incomplete before this article will 
reach our readers, for the stock is continually being 
added to, and always contains the very latest novelties 
in its various departments. Messrs. E. H. aud L. H. 
Merrill and R. S. Thomes comprise the members of this 
present firm, all of whom are natives of Cumberland, 
Me. The premises occupied are .50x100 feet in dimen- 
sions, with a storeroom below. A large wholesale busi- 
ness is done, and ten to twelve employees are required, 
while customers know that the assortment oft'ered by 
this house is always worthy of careful examination, and 
they also know that no concern in this section of the 
state quotes lower prices in equally desirable goods. 



SMITH, TIBBETTS & CO., Wholesale Hard- 
ware, Agents for Howe Scale (.'ompany, 131 Middle 
Street, Portland, Me. The enterprise conducted by 
Messrs. Smith, Tibbetts & Co. was inaugurated very 
early in the nineteenth century and would deserve 
prominent mention on this account alone, to say nothing 
of its claim to recognition as one of the most extensive 
undertakings of the kind now in existence throughout 
Maine. The business was founded in ISOG by Messrs. 
Evans & Howe, subsequent proprietors being Mr. 
Daniel Evans, Messrs. H. Warren Lancey & Co., Messrs. 
Haines & Smith and Messrs. Smith, Tibbetts & Co., the 
present owners. This firm was formed in 1872, and is 
constituted of Mr. William Tibbetts, a native of Solon, 
Me., Mr. Lucius M. Clark, who was born in Biddeford, 
Me., and Mr. Henry L. Houghton, a native of Waterford, 
Maine. An exclusively wholesale business is done, the 
concern utilizing four floors of the dimensions of 30x120 
feet each at No. 131 Middle street, and carrying a very 
large and remarkably complete stock of hardware. Em- 
ploj'ment is given to ten assistants, and the business is 
so carefully and skillfully looked after that orders are 
filled more promptly than is the rule at many a much 
smaller establishment. The fiim are agents for th^ 
Howe Scale Co. aud are prepared to furnish any of their 
productions at manufacturers' prices and at very short 
notice. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




W. L. BLAKE .S; CO.. Mli.s. uf Fine En^'ine, 
Valve anil Cylinder 011? and •• I'ortlanil Lubricating 
Greases" Mfrs. agents for, Itailroad, Steamship and 
Mill Supplies. Office, 10!) and 111 Commercial Street, 
Portland. Me. Cue of the most prominent engineers of 
this country is reported to have said during a recent 
interview : "The more extensive my expeiience becomes 
and the more widely I observe the i)ractical operation 
of engines and machinery under every-day conditions, 
the more thoroughly am 1 convinced that the choice of 
lubricants is of no less importance than is the choice of 
engines and machines: for the saving that would other- 
wise be made by the use of improved apparatus is in 
many cases entirely lost by the use of inferior lubri- 
cants." Certainly it would be difficult to put the case 
more strongly, and every user of engines and machinery 
should be influenced by that announced conviction to 
satisfy himself that he is using the most efficient lubri- 
cants obtainable. The qualities called for in such ar- 
ticles vary greatly acci^rding to the special uses to 
■which they are to be jiut, and in this connection we may 
properly make mention of the complete line of Engine, 
Valve and Cylinder Oils manufactured by Messrs. W. 
L. ISlake & Co., for these have long been accepted as 
the standard by engineers and the best informed steam- 
users, and, in conjunction with the famous " Portland 
Lubricating Greases " of which the firm are also manu- 
facturers, form an assortment of lubricants suited to 
all iiurposes, and especially valuable by reason of that 
remarkable uniformity of quality for which they are 
distinguished. This latter point is one too often over- 
looked by consumers but it is of prime importance, for 
a little reflection will show that a certain grade of oil 
wliiih varies at <iitl'erent times from excellent to bad is 
practically worthless, and in fact is worse than a grade 
which .ilthough inferior is uniform. The various grades 
made by Messrs. \V. L. Blake & Co., are each maintained 
at the highest standard of excellence and under like 
con(iiti(ms will give like results every time. The firm 
operate a very large and finely equipped factory, employ 
an adequate force of skilled assistants and can always 
fill the heaviest orders at short notice, while the smallest 
commissions are also promptly executed. The factory 
office anil warerooms being at Nos. l()!i and 111 Com- 
mercial St.. where a very heavy and varied stock is 
carried, for the firm are manufacturers' agents for Rail- 
road, Steamship and Mill Supplies; the following 
.being some of the more important articles dealt in: 
Light Filtered Cylinder Oil, Steam Hefined Cylinder 
Oil, Extra Machinery Oil, Amber Machinery Oil, Heavy 
Spindle Oil. IMpe and Fittings, Valves and Whistles, 
Injectors, Babbitt Metal, Crowbars and .Jacks, Oil Tanks, 



Steam Pumps, Piston Packing, Common and Pipe Vises. 
Belting and Lacing, Brooms and Brushes, Cordage and 
Lathyaru, Gauge Glasses. White Waste. Colored Waste, 
Lanterns and Globes, Shovels and Scoops, Rubber it 
Cotton Hose, Steel Wire Ropes, Headlights. Files, 
Chimneys, Burners. Steam and Vacuum Gauges, Pails 
and Coal Hods. The business was founded about 14 
years ago and has become one of the most extensive of 
the kind in New England, as reliable goods only are 
handled and bottom prices are quoted on all the articles 
dealt in. 



JOHN A. EMERY & BROTHER, Importers 
and Commission Merchants; head of Union wharf, Port- 
land, Me. It would be a strange omission did we fail to 
make prominent mention of the enterprise conducted by 
Messrs. .lohn A. Emery & Brother in this review of Port- 
land's representative business houses, for if long and 
faithful service counts for anything this undertaking 
ranks with the most meritorious in this section of the 
state. It was founded by John A.Emery and H. F. 
Furbush more than a quarter of a century ago. these 
gentlemen associating themselves under tlie firm-name 
of Emery & Furbush in 1803 and so continuing until 
1880, when Mr. Furbush retired and Mr. Hauibal H. 
Emery was admitted, the style then changing to John 
A. Emery it Brother. Both these gentlemen are natives 
of Maine, Mr. J. A. Emery having been born in the town 
of Paris, while Mr. 11. \\. Emery is a native of this city. 
The senior partner served in the" army during the rebel- 
lion, and has been a member of the Portland Board of 
Aldermen. The firm carry on a very extensive whole- 
sale commission business, utilizing premises at the head 
of I'nion wharf and having large storage facilities at 
their disposal. Such standard commodities as Tea. .Salt, 
Fish, etc., are the articles most largely dealt in, and the 
concern enjoy such relations with leading dealers, etc., 
throughout the country as to make the service they of- 
fer exceptionably valuable and satisfactory. Returns 
are promptly made, and the interests of consigners are 
closely and intelligently looked after. 



PAY80N & MEADER. Mannfacturer.s of 
Ladies' and Misses' Boots, Corner Cross and Fore Streets, 
Portland, Me. The manufacture of boots and shoes has 
long been an important industry in Portland, but it is 
probable that what has as yet been done in this line is 
but an earnest of wliat will be done in the near future, 
for there are many indications that conditions are so- 
changing in the slioe trade that the long held supremacy 
of Massachusetts will soon be seriously threatened, there 
already being a noticeable tendency on the part of the 
more progressive manufacturers to establish themselves 
outside that State. But, however this may be. there is 
no question but that the firm of Payson &. Meader, which 
began operations in Portland in 1890, has achieved pro- 
nounced success, the productions of this concern already 
being well and favonibly known to the trade. This is due 
to a certain extent to the adv.'intages of Portland as a 
manufacturing jioint, but chiefly to the carrying out of a 
policy which ensures close and careful supervision and 
enables the Arm to confidently guarantee all their goods 
to prove just as represented. They manufacture ladies' 
and misses' boots, and utili/.e a shop located at the cor- 
ner of Cross and Fore streets, and equipped with the 
latest improved machinery throughout. Employment is 
given to sixty assistants, and all orders can be fliled at 
short notice and at the lowest market rates. Messrs. L. 
W. Payson and .T.J. Meader are both thoroughly familiar 
with every detail of the business and may be depended 
upon to fully maintain tlie enviable reputation their 
products have already won. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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NEW YOEK LIFE INSUEANCE COM- 

panv, 34G and 348 Broadway, New York. Men of mark. 
William 11. Beers, President of the New York Life 
lusurauce Company. The men who make the least 
noi^e in the world are often its greatest benefactors. If 
we turn over the pages of the daily newspaper to see 
who are talked about we usually And they are men 
whose success does not particularly benefit ttieir fellows 
uor add to the happiness of the race. Their work cen- 
ters largely iu themselves and has for its object their 
own aggrandizement. Not so with the president of a 
great life insurance company. His work is essentially 
for others, and his success is inseparably linked with the 
well-being and happiness of thousands of his fellow men. 
Whatever of honor or of reputation he may achieve as 
an underwriter, financier or manager, is merged in the 
company he represents, is shared by others, and becomes 
a part of his contribution to the common good. Of the 
beneficent character of a well-managed li)e insurance 
company, there is no doubt or question. Like the clouds 
of heaven which gather up the superabundant moisture 
of the earth and return it in the gentle rain upon parched 
fields, so the life insurance company takes of the abund- 
ance of men's wealth while their arms are strong and 
their courage high, to return it when death has invaded 
the home, or wlien old age or misfortune has dimmed 
the eve and abated the strength of manhood. The large 
and increasing sums paid from year to year in death 
claims to widows and orphans, and the endowments and 
annuities paid to the aged and dependent, have an im- 
portant influence upon public morals, and tend in a high 
degree to promote the public good. To the generation 
jui-t pa^^sing oft' life's stage they minister comfort and 
preserve self respect; to the generation just taking up 
life's duties they afford such educational facilities as 
cannot fail to make them better and more eflicient mem- 
bers of the body politic. There are but three life in- 
surance companies in this country that have a world- 
wide reputation and business, and one of them is the 
New York Life. It is only forty-five years since it began 
business on the purely mutual plan, without a dollar of 
capital stock, and now its invested assets exceed one 
hundred million dollars. It is but little more than 
thirty years since Mr. Beers found it a company with 
less than two millions of assets, and writing less than 
three millions of new business annually ; while in 1890 
it added over ten millions to its assets and lorote over 
one hiindred and fifty-nine \ni\\\ons. ot new business. Mr. 
Beers has been successively cashier, actuary, vice- 
president and president of the company, and in each 
position has been a potent factor in its management. 
Since 1862 his advice and counsel have shaped its policy, 
and upon him has chiefly devolved the responsibility of 
maintaining its prestige and success in the fierce com- 
petition to which life insurance companies have been 
subjected. The phenomenal growth and success of the 
New York Life have not been fortuitous, but rather the 
development of well considered plans, carried forward 
with phenomenal prescience, energy and skill. The 
New York Lite has led the way in important reforms, 
having been the first company to omit the suicide clause 
from its contracts ; the first to issue non-forfeiture 
policies ; the first to furnish the assured a complete 
copy of the contract between himself and the company ; 
and it now issues a greater variety of policies than any 
other company. It has paid special attention to the 
investment element of life insurance, and has more en- 
dowment insurance on its books than any other Amer- 
ican company, and more annuity business than all other 
American companies combined. It received from the 
Paris Exposition of 1889 a silver medal, the highest 
award to any company for life insurances and annuities 
for the public. In his administration of the afl'airs of 
the New York Life, Mr. Beers has gathered about him a 



corps of assistants who have shown great industry and 
ability in carrying forward the plans of thei/ chie"f. A 
thorough sj-stem harmonizes the labors of all, and en- 
ables the president to make his own energy instantly 
felt iu each department. Under his skillful direction, 
officers, agents and managers labor zealously and intelli- 
gently to promote the general welfare of the company, 
and to realize the high ideal set before them. Not a 
little of Mr. Beers success has been due to his skill in 
the selection of assistants, his tact in putting the right 
man in the right place, and the unfailing courtesy and 
magnetic influence that inspires eveiy man to do his 
best. His power of concentration is remarkable, and he 
is able to dispose of a vast amount of business in a short 
space of time. Born in Philadelphia in 1823, Mr. Beers 
is now in his sixty-eighth year, and, although his beard 
has long been of snowy whiteness, his eye is as bright 
and his step as elastic as when he was forty. His long 
experience, brilliant success and professional attain- 
ments, as well as his age and position, make him easily 
the Nestor of American Life Insurance. The Maine 
State Agency of the New York Life is in charge of Mr. 
Wm. H. Anderson, and the office in the First National 
Bank Building, Portland, Maine. 



PORTLAND STAR MATCH CO., Sole Man- 
ufacturers of Portland Star Matches, W'est Commercial 
St., Portland, Me. Jas. C. Jordan, Treas. and Gen. 
Agent. Portland is the home of many prosperous man- 
ufacturing enterprises and many local productions are 
sent to far distant points and do much to spread the 
fame of the city, but it is safe to say that Portland Star 
Matches easily lead all other goods of local origin in this 
respect, for the demand for them is simply enormous and 
but an insignificant proportion of the total production is 
required to supply local consumers, the Portland Star 
Matches being one of the standard brands of the country, 
to say nothing of the position it holds in foreign markets. 
To go over all its good points in detail would convey no 
information to our readers for it is hardly possible there 
is one of them who does not know of the Star Match and 
appreciate to some extent at least its many points of 
superiority, but sufiiee it to say that, taking everything 
into consideration, it is the safest, most reliable, most 
convenient, and cheapest match in the market to-day. and 
the best adapted to withstand the effects of the most severe 
climates. The manufacture of the Portland Star Match 
was begun by a private company in 1S70, and the Port- 
land Star Match Company was incorporated in 1878. It 
has a large capital and operates what may justly be 
called one of the most perfect and efficient mach manu- 
facturing plants in the world. The factory is located 
on West Commercial St., and is 2 stories in height and 
80x276 feet in dimensions, it containing a very extensive 
plant of highly ingenious machinery driven by two 
steam engines each of 60 horse power. Employment is 
given to 150 persons, and some idea of the enormous 
number of matches produced may be gained from the 
fact that between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 feet of lumber 
is consumed yearly. The chief distinguishing character- 
istic of the Portland Star Matches is their wonderful uni- 
formity, and a visit to the factory will go far to explain 
the secret of this, for even the least careful observer can- 
not fail to notice the close supervision exercised and the 
care taken to have every process properly carried out, 
from the first treatment of the rough lumber to the 
packing of the finished product. Nothing is left to 
chance ; nothing is passed as " good enough " when in 
order to reach the fixed standard it should be better, and 
under these circumstances it is not surprising that the 
Portland Star Matches always give satisfaction, and it 
may be confidently predicted that they will long hold 
their present supremacy over all others. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



MEGOUIER & JONES, 




PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL 



Brass and 
Iron Works, 



Nos. 31 & 33 Pearl St., 



i^oi^TrvAr^r*, aie. 



NlAMi'p loi; \\..Miir.lla &, iloll.lu.N. 



CASCO BOTTLING CO., ;i.s Phuii Street, 
Portland, Me. Manufacturers of Sofia, Mineral Waters, 
and Ginger Ale. That the Casco Bottling Company, 
established here in 1S8(>, has met a long felt want, is 
fully prdved by the success which has attended it from 
the beginning. Operations were begun at No. 434 Fore 
Street, but owing to the rapidly increasing business, 
these premises soon proved too small, and the company 
moveil to their present location, Xo. .'tS Plum Street, 
where the accommodations are ample, and the building 
adiiiiiably adapted to their needs. It is a fine two story 
brick biiililing, of ;J5 x UH) ft. dimensions, with a brick 
stable in the rear, capable of accommodating seven 
horses. The two buildings are connected by a wagon 
shed so that goods may not be exposed while loading or 
unloading during stormy weather. The company lias 
the greatest facility for the transportation of goods, as 
the office of the American Express <'ompauv adjoins 
their premises. The demand for cooling, non-intoxicat- 
ing (Irinks is ever on the increase, and t)ie Casco 
Bottling Company has gained a rejjutation in the 
comparatively short time tlieyhave been in the business, 
which places them in the front rank of the houses 
engaged in this industry. The various waters nianufac- 
tureaby this company are cliarged witli carbonic gas 
made for tliis purpose, and their syrups and llavorings 
are made from the pure fruits, and not, as is so often 
the case, of Injurious acids. Besides the carbonated 
driuk.s, of which they manufacture a great variety, they 
make a specialty of ginger ale, using for the purpose a 
pure extract, jjut up by a well known house in New 
York. 'I'he bottling room Is a large, airy department, 
fitted with .\. D. Puffer's .Sons best machinery, which is 
operated by steam power. The house also does a large 
business in supplying soda in steel fountains to tlie 
trade, and they ship them to all |)arts of the State. 
Employment Is given t<> fnim ton to twi-nty b itkU and 



six horses are in use for the delivery of goods. Besides 
the stock above mentioned, the company carries a large 
line of flue cigars, which they wliolesale at extremely 
low prices. A company doing business in such a 
wide-awake and energetic manner, cannot put prosper, 
and we wish this house all success lu its undertaking. 

E. M. LANG & CO., Wire, Drop anil Stick 
Solder, Patent Steel Capping Irons, Dies and Presses, 
71 Kennebec St., Foot of Chestnut, Portland, Maine. 
Although the packing of canned goods is one of the 
most extensive and important industries of Maine, and 
although more vegetables, fruit and ti-sh are j)ut ui> liere 
than in any other State in the I'nion, there is no doubt 
that the packing business is destined to develop here so 
rapidly and steadily that in the near future operations 
will be carried on on so large a scale tliat the jtiesent 
facilities will seem small by comparison. .So great an 
industry- as this gives rise to many tributary enterprises, 
and one of tlie most noteworthy of these is that carried 
on by Messrs. E. JI. Langit Co., maimfacturers of wire, 
drop and stick solder, patent steel capping irons, dies 
and presses and general supplies for canned goods 
packers. This business was founded a (luarter of a 
century ago, and lias increased with the growth of the 
canning industry until it lias reached large proportions. 
The proprietors are Messrs. ]•:. M. Lang and George 
Burnliam, .Ir.. both of wliom are natives of this city. 
The premises utilized are located at N'o. 71 Kennebec St., 
foot of Chestnut, and comprise A floors, each .'Jo x 4n ft. 
in dimensions and very completely fitted up with 
improved machinery so that the most extensive orders 
can be filled at short notice. .\ specialty is made of 
wire segment and drop solder for making and ca|>ping 
hermetically sealed cans, and the firm are prepaied to 
furnisli these, and lu fact all the articles In which they 
deal, at the verv lowest market rates. 






REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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A. B. MERRILL, Dealer in Confectionery, 
Fruit, Toys. Doll^', Stationery, School Supplies, &c. 
Our Motto : Best Goods, Low Prices, No. 18.5 Middle St., 
Portland, Me. Representing V. Richard Foss, General 
Agent Xew England Mutual Life lusurance Company of 
Boston. A store that is attractive in a variety of ways 
is that carried on by Mr. A. B. Merrill, and there are 
few people but what might visit it with profit to them- 
selves. The premises measure about 500 square feet, 
and are pretty thoroughly occupied, a large stock being 
carried, comprising fruit, confectionery toys, dolls, 
stationery, school supplies, .5c and lOe goods, tinware, 
base ball goods, fireworks, holiday goods, valentines, 
etc., in their season. Mr. Merrill is" a native of Cumber- 
land, Me., and has been identified with his present 
enterprise since 1S89, at which date he succeeded Mr. C. 
H. Blake, who founded the business in 18S1. Mr. 
Merrill also represents Mr. V. Richard Foss, who is 
general agent for New England Mutual Life Insurance 
Co. of Boston, and is ever ready to furnish any informa- 
tion in the insurance business, either at his store or 
Oxford Building, 185 Middle Street. The public in 
general will find much to interest them at this store, 
and will also And that Mr. Merrill is in a position to 
furnish any desired article in his line. A choice 
assortment of fruit and confectionery is always carried 
in stock, as well as the latest and most approved styles 
of stationery. Also a full and varied assortment of 
school supplies. Employment is afforded to an efflcient 
assistant, and the prompt and courteous attention given 
to customers is of itself a great inducement to trade at 
this establishment. Mr. MerrilTs motto is " Best Goods 
at Low Prices," and it certainly is a pleasant task to 
chronicle a success won by such legitimate and well 
considered methods. 

ORVILLE G. BOYD, Commi.ssioD, Merchant, 
Grocer's Sundries, No. 5 Exchange street, Portland, Me. 
It goes without saying that there is an enormous de- 
maud for grocer's sundries in so important a trade 
centre as Portland for not only must all the local trade 
be supplied but also that for many miles around, for 
this city is a "distributing" centre in the full sense of 
that much abused term, many of the supplies used 
throughout this state and in New Hampshire being 
bought through Portland houses. One local commission 
merchant who enjoys an exceptionally large out of town 
trade is Mr. Orville G. Boj-d. whose office is at No. 5 
Exchange street, for Mr. Boyd possesses special facili- 
ties which enable him to oiler a very advantageous ser- 
vice to wholesalers of grocers' sundries, etc., he being 
manufacturer's agent for such houses as that of Stick- 
uey & Poor, having its headquarters in Boston and be- 
ing known thi'oughout the couutr.y as the oldest and 
largest importers an manufacturers of mustards, spices, 
extracts, etc., in New England. Mr. Boyd is a native 
of Portland and has carried on his present business since 
1S7G. He sells to the wholesale trade and has a high 
reputation for promptly and accurately filling the very 
largest orders. 

THE SECURITY INVESTMENT and Loan 
Association. Geo. E. Allen, F. E. Perry, General Agents 
for Western Maine. Ollice, First National Bank, Room 
22. Portland, Me. P. O. Box 1575. As this is a com- 
paratively new association, there are possibly many of 
our readers who would be glad to avail themselves of 
its benefits w'ere they acquainted with its methods and 
means. It is a new form of Instalment Bond, furnish- 
ing a most profitable investment for large or small sums. 
It is an entirely new system of loans and was incorpo- 
rated under the laws of New Hampshire. It seeks to 
give people of moderate means an opportunity to reap 
/arge profits upon small investments. It is not the 



policy of this association to assume any obligation that 
it cannot honestly fulfil. It is a safe, sound and profit- 
able investment for every bond holder. Any further 
information required regarding this matter will be most 
cheerfully given on application to the general agents for 
VVestern Maine, at their office Room 22, in the First 
National Bank Building, Portland, Me. This office was 
established in 1890, by Messrs. Geo. E. Allen and F. E. 
Perry, who are both natives of Maine. Home Office, 
345 Washington .St., Boston, Mass. The International 
Trust Company, of Boston. Officers : President, Andrew 
J. Cobe, Boston; Secretary, Thomas F. Murphy, Fall 
River; Treasurer, Emil L. Kornfeld, New York City; 
Counsel, George H. Russ, Esq., Boston. General Super- 
intendent, L. C. Hamilton, New Vork City. General 
Business Manager, Harry C. Moulton, Haverhill, Mass. 
N. B. — Messrs. Allen & Perry are also Gen'l Agts for 
the " Kruse Cash Register." 

CASCO CARBONIZED and CEMENT PIPE 
COMPANY, Manufacturers and Dealers in Cement 
Drain Pipe, Carbonized Stone Pipe, Flagging, Tile, Orna- 
mental Scone and Bricks of all Kinds. ?'actory and of- 
fice No. 83 Preble street. Portland, Maine. The manu- 
facture of Sewer and Drain Pipe is one of Portland's 
most representative industries and it is generally con- 
ceded by dealers and consumers that pipe of Portland 
manufacture is unsurpassed by any of similar grade to 
be found in the market, and indeed the great and steady 
demand for the local product is convincing proof that 
it fills the bill both as regards quality and cost. The 
Casco Carbonized and Cement Pipe Company holds a 
leading position in this line of business, having gained 
an enviable reputation for its products and for prompt- 
ness and accuracy in the filling of orders since its incor- 
poration in 1884. Mr. Nathan E. Redlon is President, 
and Mr. William Lucas is Treasurer of the company and 
Mr. Robert Lucas, Superintendent. The company has 
a capital of •$7,000 and utilize a well-equipped factory at 
No. 83 Preble street, and a spacious yard on Kennebec 
street. The product comprises full lines of cement drain 
pipe, carbonized stone pipe and all necessary fittings, 
etc. All their goods are hand made under the personal 
supervision of Mr. Lucas, the Superintendent, who is a 
practical man in this business, the company furnishing 
these goods in any desired quantity, and also deal at 
wholesale and retail in Bricks, Cement, Edgings for 
Lawns, Walks and Pleasure Grounds. Every order is 
assured prompt and careful attention, and the lowest 
market rates are quoted, a liberal discount being made 
to dealers. The premises are connected by telephone 
No. 491 L, the office being at the factory. No. 83 Preble 

JOHN NEWMAN, Carriage and Sign Painter, 
No. G3 Preble Street, Portland, Me. Mr. .John Newman 
is widely known throughout Portland and vicinity, for 
he has built up a large business in the painting of car- 
riages and signs. The shop utilized by him is located at 
No. 63 Preble street, and is supplied with all necessary 
facilities for the filling of orders in a thoroughly satis- 
factory manner and at the shortest possible notice. Car- 
riage painting is an art, and so in order to obtain the 
best results, it is necessary not only to use carefully 
chosen stock, but to employ skilled and careful labor ; the 
advantages to be gained by dealing with such a man as 
Mr. Newman become obvious. He is aided by compe- 
tent and reliable assistants, and we have no hesitation in 
guaranteeing complete satisfaction to all who may favor 
him with their orders, these being filled at short notice 
and at the lowest rates consistent with the use of stand- 
ard stock and the employment of skilled labor. There 
is one thing that should alwaj-s be borne in mind, and 
that is that the kind of stock used and the manner in 
which it is applied have everything to do with the 
economy of the process. 



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REPRESEXTA TIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



E. M. STEADMAN & CO., Wholesale Deal- 
ers in GrocerieB, Provisions, Flour, Xo. 221 i ommercial 
Street, T'ortljind, Me. The firm of E. M. Steadman & 
Co. must be accorded a leading position among tliose 
treat wholesale grocery and provision houses which 
have made Portland famous as a distributing centre, not 
only on account of the magnitude and wide extent of 
their business but also by reason of the enviable reputa- 
tion for integrity and fair dealing held by the concern, 
and their ability to fill the largest orders without delay 
and at the lowest market rates. 'I'he business was 
founded in 1S74, and is carried on by Messrs. E. M. and 
J. M. .Steadman. both of whom are natives of Maine. 
The premises made use of are located at Xo. 221 Com- 
mercial street, and comprise five floors measuring 30x(J0 
feet each, a three-story store house of the diuiensious of 
30xC0 feet, besides extensive storage facilities on the 
wharf. It is hardly necessary to add that an immense 
stock is carried, and this stock is as varied as it is large, 
for it includes full liues of groceries, provisions and 
flour, a specialty being made of the latter commodity, 
and bottom prices being quoted on each of the many 
brands and grades handled, particularly on those es- 
pecially adai)ted Jor family use. Employtnent is given 
to 12 efficient assistants, and the business is so thorough- 
ly systemized and carefully supervised that despite the 
magnitude of the trade every order is assured immediate 
and painstaking attention. 

EWEEY, WATEEHOrSE&CO., Hardware, 
Portland, Me. The firm of Emery, Waterhouse & Co., 
who, in 18(i(i. succeeded to the business of Emery & 
■VVaterhouse, which was established in 1^42 as successors 
to Henry Goddard &. Co.. the junior partner of which 
firm was Mr. Daniel F. Emery, Sr.. is among the most 
■widely and favorably known iu Xew England. The 
business carried on by Mr. Goddard in the early twenties 
has constantl}' grown and increased until now its re- 
quirements demand the use of the four floors, about 
70x120 feet, in the Emery Block, besides extra storage 
room for heavy goods, and gives employment to about 
twenty men. The members of the present firm are 
Messrs. Daniel F. Emery, his son, Daniel F. Emery, .Jr., 
both natives of Portland, and Mr. John T. Eustis, a 
native of Oxford county. This firm, as well as being 
large wholesale and retail dealers in hardware in all its 
branches, are also engaged in manufacturing, their 
works being located at >iorth Moumoutli, Me., where a 
large force of men is employed in the manufacture of 
shovels and axes, which find a market in various states 
from Maine to California. 



THOMAS DYER & CO., Cominission Mer- 
chants and Heceivers of Armour's Chicago Dressed 
Beef, No. 340 Commercial .Street, Portland, Me. The 
carefully elaborated and almost perfectl}- efficient sys- 
tem by which beef raised in the far West and Soutliwest 
and dressed in Chicago is transported to the East and 
even across the ocean to England and Eurojie and then 
sold at a lower price then can be profitably (juoted on an 
equally good quality of beef raised by local producers, 
is one of the chief wonders of the most wonderful age 
the world has yet seen, and has done more perhaps llian 
any other one thing to earn for Cliicago the name of 
being the most enterprising city in tlie world, for the 
fame of Armour's Cliicago Dressed Beef is world-wide 
and it easily retains its supremacy in the face of all 
competition. The firm f)f 'i'hoina.^ Dyer A Co. is de- 
serving of a good share of credit for the jiopularity of 
Armour's beef and other products in this section, for 
this concern have been reieivers of Armour's goods 
since 18s;t. and by close attention to business and prompt 
and accurate filling of ordeis have built u]> a very ex- 



tensive wholesale trade iu Portland and vicinity. 
Spacious premises containing a cooler of one car-load 
capacity, and located at Xo. 340 Commercial St , are 
occupied, and eraployraeul is given to 5 competent assis- 
tants. Mr. Dyer was born in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 
and is very generally known in business and social 
circles. He gives his enterprise close personal super- 
vision and spares no pains to maintain the service at the 
high standard to which the public have become accus- 
tomed. 

TIMMONS & HAWE8. Wholesale Oy.ster 
House, Xo. ISl Commercial Street. Second Door West 
of Moulton Street, Portland, Me. Those who have done 
business with the firm of Timmous & Hawes long 
enough to have become familiar with their methods and 
the excellence of their service need not be advised to 
patronize their establishment in the future, but as there 
are doubtless many among our readers who have not 
had this experience we think it will be both pleasant 
and well advised for us to call attention to some of the 
many advantages they have to oft'er. To begin with, 
their store is centrally located, at Xo. 181 Commercial 
St., second door west of Moulton St , and is 20 x 10(i ft. 
in dimensions and is very completely fitted up for the 
carrying on of the business in the best possible manner. 
Dealing as they do iu such perishable commodities as 
oysters, etc., Messrs. Timmous & Hawes have spared no 
expense to provide the most approved means for the 
preservation of the same, when the weather is warm or 
otherwise unfavorable, and they have found their 
reward in the character of their patronage, for no one 
likes to purchase articles of food which have been 
improperly cared for. Messrs. Timmons and Hawes are 
widely known in Portland as dealers in oysters. 'I'he 
l)remises can accommodate forty people, they doin-r 
both a wholesale and retail business. Seven competent 
assistants are employed and all orders received are 
promptly attended to. 

THOMPSON, FOWLER & CO., Dealers in 
Pork, Lard, Hams, Dressed Hogs, Extra Lard Oil, Pigs' 
Feet, Sausages, Sausage .Skins, etc. I'ear V.Vi Portland 
St., Portland, Me. Fresh, salted, and smoked pork 
ranks with the most nutritious, palatable and whole- 
some of all foods, and it is therefore not surprising that 
the demand for it should not onl.v be immense but 
should be steadily and rajiidly increasing, and should 
have given rise to many large houses which give their 
attention exclusively to the handling of pork and ]n)ik 
products. The house of Thom|)Son, Fowler & Co., mu«t 
be given a leading position among these so far as Maine 
is concerned for no similar concern in the State is more 
widely and favorably known. The business had itsi 
origin in 18.")0, when Messrs. D. Thompson & Co., began 
a general butchering business; and the present firm- 
name was adopted in 1873, it being still retained although 
Mr. Henry .T. Fowler has carried on operations alone 
since the death of Mr. Thompson, 1S83, Mr. Fowler was 
born in Deering, Maine, wliere he now maiutains a very 
commodious slaughter-house, fittcd-up with improved 
steam inachinerv and comparing favorably with any in 
this section of iiJew England. .\ retail market Is con- 
ducted in I'ortland, at No. '28 Market St., and the Pack- 
ing Houses are located in the rear of Xo. 137 PortlaniJ 
St., and cover an area of about half an acre of ground. 
They also are equipped with powerful nnicliinery and It 
is not surprising that with such extensive facilities tlie 
firm should be able to fill even the largest orders with- 
out delay. .Among the more important products dealt 
in are Pork, Lard, Hams, Dressed Hogs, Extra Lard 
Oil, I'igs' Feet, Sausages, .Sausage Skins, etc., and posi- 
tively bottom prices are quoted to both wholesale and 
retail buyers. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




CHARLES T. VARNEY, 
Manufacturing Stationer. Blank 
Books to Order, Stationery, I/itho- 
graphing, Printing and Dennison 
Mfg. Co.'s Tags and Specialties. 
Office Supplies, Ac, Ac. No. 37 
Milk Strtet, corner Exchange, 
1 Portland, Me. Telephone 2.576. 
'Xo one can compare the business 
cards, bill heads, circulars, etc., in 
use at the present time with those 
used a dec:ide ur m<ire ago without appreciating that the 
standard is now much higher than was formerly the 
case, and business men who shut their eyes to this fact 
and are content to abide by superseded methods are sure 
to lose by it in the long run, for a badly-designed or 
poorly printed card or bill-head is sure to excite un- 
favorable comment iiow-a-days and to reflect most 
unfavorably upon the taste and enterprise of the house 
it is meant to advertise. Add to this the fact that first- 
class printing can now be obtained at as low rates as 
were once quoted on inferior work and it will be seen 
that no excuse remains for accepting the latter. Mr. 
Charles T. Varney has built up an enviable reputation in 
connection with the doing of first-class mercantile 
printing and lithographing at low rates since beginning 
operations in 1887. and as he fills orders at short notice 
it is well worth while to take advantage of the facilities 
he ofters. Mr. Varney is a manufacturing and com- 
mercial stationer and is prepared to make blnnk books 
of any description to order, and to furnish commercial 
stationery, inks of all kinds, mucilage, pens, pencils, 
blank notes, drafts and account books, letter copying 
books, and everything used in the counting room. He 
is also agent for the Imperial Fountain Ink Stand. 
These all furnished in quantities to suit at bottom 
prices. He also deals in the Dennison Mfg. Co.'s tags 
and specialties, and carries a full line at his store. No. 
37 Milk Street corner of Exchange, and orders received 
by mail are assured as prompt and careful attention as 
though given in person. 

HOLBROOK, TREFETHEX & HARVEY, 

Wholesale Dealers in Live, Boiled and Pickled Lobsters. 
Lobster Pound at House Island. No. 15 Long Wharf, 
Portland, Me. Somebody has said that it must have 
been a bold man who first ate an oyster, but he might 
easily have been a coward compared with the man who 
ate the first lobster, for whatever virtues a lobster may 
have (and that he has many his great popularity fully 
proves), beauty is certainly not one of them. But 
" handsome is that handsome doe-," and after the 
average person has once been introduced to a good 
healthy lobster (or at least to one that was good and 
healthy before he came ashore and got into hot water), 
he never thinks of his looks but proceeds to become 
more intimately acquainted as fast as possible. The 
lobsters brought into the Portland market are equal to 
the best in size, condition and flavor, and the demand 
for them is constantly Increasing. Messrs. Holbrook, 
Trefethen & Harvey do a very large business in live, 
boiled and pickled lobsters, for since beginning opera- 
tions in 1889, they have won an enviable reputation for 
filling the most extinsive orders promptly, for quoting 
bottom prices, and for furnishing lobsters equal to any 
in the market. The firm utilize three commodious floors 
at No. 15 Long Wharf and have a lobster pound at House 
Island. The business is exclusively wholesale, and 
goods are shipped to many distant points. The firm is 
made up of Mr. Elias Holbrook. Jr., a native of New- 
castle, N. H. ; Mr. Howard H. Trefethen, a native of 
Portland, and Mr. Isaac C. Harvey, a native of Nova 
Scotia, all these gentlemen giving close personal 
attention to the filling of orders. 



F. H. KING, Commission, Grain and Mill 
Feed, 193 Commercial Street, Portland, Me. The Com 
mission Houses of this Town, taken as a whole, have a 
very high reputation tor the making of prompt returns 
and the general carrying out of a perfectly honorable 
business policy, and" it is unquestionably a fact that 
they have much to do in making Portland the important 
business centre it has been for many years. To occupy 
a leading position in a branch of trade" where the general 
average is so high is no light honor, and we therefore 
take great pleasure in recording the fact that the enter- 
prise conducted by Mr. F. H. King is fully worthy of 
such a position and in fact has held it for quite a long 
time almost from the date of its inauguration in 18SS. 
Mr. King is a native of Calais, Maine, and is too well 
known in Portland to recjuire extended personal men- 
tion. Mr. King is a Commission Jlerchant and whole- 
sale dealer in Grain and Mill Feed, etc., and occupies 
offices at No. 193 Commercial St. He does a large com- 
mission business, representing the strongest Western 
Shippers. All orders are promptly and carefully filled, 
and at the regular market rates. 

FRED L. MERRILL & CO., Cash and In- 
stallment Dealers in Metallic Spring Beds, Wringers 
(Colby, Eclipse and Eagle,) Carpet Sweepers, Rugs, 
Mantle Lambrequins, 
Table Scarfs. Lace Cur- 
tains, and Household 
Specialties. Wringer re- 
])airiug a Specialty. 151 
Federal St., (near Pearl,) 
Portland, Me. It would 
seem almost impossible 
to name an article, in the 
line of household special- 
ties which cannot be pro- 
cured at the establish- 
ment of Messrs. Fred L. 
Merrill & Co., of 151 Fed- 
eral Street, in this city. 
The list of their commod- 
ities is a long one, and 
we can hardly hope to 
give an adequate idea of 
I the large and complete 
>tiick of goods dealt in 
by them. Hen* are hou-fhnld articles of infinite variety 
aiid to suit every taste. Metallic Spring Beds of various 
kinds. Wringers of the most desirable makes, including 
the well known Colby, Eclipse, Stone and Eagle. Carpet- 
sweepers, Rugs, Curtains and Draperies of all kinds. 
The firm makes a specialty of selling and repairing 
wringers, which are made equal to new. The company 
was established in 18S3, and was then called the New 
England Metallic Spring Bed Co., with Mr. Merrill as 
Manager. In 1886 the name was changed to Farren 
Brothers Company. Mr. Merrill still retaining his re- 
sponsible position. The present firm succeeded the former 
in 1888, and by their energy and push they have already 
greatly extended the business. In addition to the house- 
hold furnishings, they carry on another line of business, 
which differs from it in every respect. It consists of 
Jewelry, Diamonds, Watches, 
Clocks, Silver Ware, and a variety 
of fancy and holiday goods, such 
as Opera Glasses, Albums, etc. 
All goods, in either department, 
may be bought for cash or by j 
installment, and at the lowest 
rates. The business is retail, 
needing the employment of about 
six assistants. The premises, 
situAted at 151 Federal Street, 
consist of one floor and a basement of inxin ft. 





REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



THE POPULAR PORTLAND STEAM 
Packet Company. The I'ioueer Line Between Portland 
and Boston. What the Sound Lines are to passenger 
travel between Boston and New York, the water-route 
of the Portland Steam Packet Company is to Portland 
traffic. Us steamers, large, staunch and finely appointed, 
ply an inside passage, skirting the historic shores of 
Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, at no stage 
of the journey lost to sight from shore ; consequently 
avoiding that distressing malady which is too often the 
accompaniment to the voyage outside. The service 
which is daily performed by this line, may well he com- 
pared with the famous service on the sound. It is never 
in the least allowed to retrograde, but instead, is con- 
stantly strengthened, and made more attractive and 
satisfying, by the addition of every facility, convenience 
and accommodation that the march of invention and 
improvement can devise ; and in every respect the 
ministrations of the line are equal at all seasons of the 
year. This line presents the perfection of night travel 
in Winter or Summer. Its steamers are not fair weather 
or summer craft, but are designed, built, fitted and 
furnished for all days and seasons, and for every exigency 
of weather and condition of navigation as well. .Summer 
or winter, spring or autumn— in total darkness or full 
moonlight^they are the same comfortable, safe, well- 
ordered and well-performing transport agents. Indeed, 
when warmed and lighted on winter nights, and ani- 
mated by the presence in their saloons of goodly com- 
panies — as satisfied and contented as gofld cheer can 
make them— it may well be doubted if the attractions 
they present in winter are not in many respects superior 
to those which they hold out in summer time. In this 
regard they are like fine old English inns, in which, if 
one found himself snugly stored away of a winter's 
night, all manner of cold and disagreeable features out- 
side only enhanced the pleasures of his situation. Leav- 
ing each terminus daily during the season of summer 
travel, and daily except Sunday at other seasons of the 
year, at a convenient hour, 7 p. m. ; after the day's 
business is over, and incoming trains from the interior 
have delivered their passengers west bound, this route 
provides not only for a comfortable night's rest, but 
allows some hours of daylight at either end in which to 
view the lively harbor scenes of Boston and the Forest 
City; hours "of gorgeous sunset whidi enhance the 
glorious scenic display, presented by the North New 
England coast wilh its color of romance and tradition. 
To the tourist en-route to Maine sea-coast, interior, or 
White Mountain resorts, or the visitor to Portland and 
Casco Baj', the steamer ride from Boston forms a breezy 
prelude to the rail ride east from I'ortland, and the mos"t 
advantageous route for reaching the Forest City, landing 
at an early morning at the dock adjoining that which 
witnesses the departure of the ish'ind steamers. The 
route of the Portland Steam Packet Compnny boats is 
full of interest throughout. From I'ranklin "wharf at 
I'ortland the cruise is laid through the lovely harbor 
scene which Casco Bay with its thronging islands and 
fleet of pleasure steamers presents, with white winged 
craft of every description, and cottage lined shores 
stretching away to the entrance of the ship channel 
which is passed to bring the Cape Lights into view as 
the steamer clears the harbor, and bears away along 
shore bringing within view .Scarboro, Pine Point and 
lliggins" Beach, with Front's Neck a peninsula formed 
by the estuary of the Nonesuch river and ( ild Orchard's 
bald surf beaten front, a succession of the grandest cool- 
ing oil' places which nature has provided for a long suf- 
fering public, extending from the liarbor lights of I'ort- 
land. to the mouth of the Saco in an unbroken line of 
silvery sanded sea-beach, hotel and cottage lined, where 
orchestras hops, and fashionable doings are the order 
of the day and evening among tliree thousand guests. 
These sea-shore resorts, with f)ld Orchard their principal 
|>oint, are readied in a half hour ride from i In- I'nion 



Station at Portland, and are in fact environments of that 
city, the eastern terminus of the Portland Steam Packet 
Company. After passing Old Orchard, a beautiful sight 
with its mammoth hotels and bathing houses electric 
lighted and brilliant with the season's glow of sport, 
W ood Island Light comes to the front, marking the 
mouth of the Saco river flow ing down from the gorges 
of the White Mountains, and others pass in review mark- 
ing the harbors and shoals from Portland Head to 
Boston Light, each with its story or tradition of the 
past to give color and interest to the scene. In order 
next is the historic Boon Island Light. Eleven miles 
ofl'the historic coast town of York, Maine. From Boon 
Island light the ship's course is shaped for the light 
upon the Isles of Shoals which are passed directly out- 
side. These islands, seven in number lying in two 
States directly oft' the mouth of the Piscataqua river, 
which separates Maine from New Hampshire, vividly 
recall the old stories of piracy in the New World, anil 
such noted names as Kidd, Dixey, Bull and Blackbard, 
notable examples of the Pirate King, who sailed here 
to rendez vous, repair ships and dispose of their ill- 
gotten treasure in the old days of their supremacy on 
the Spanish Main. From the Isles of Shoals the steamer 
proceeds toward her next objective point, Thatcher's 
Island, being directly off Cape Ann, the northern limit 
of .Mas>:ichusetts Bay, and proudly bearing the •• Cape 
Ann Lights." From this point the route skirts the shore 
of Massachusetts Bay, passing in order the interesting 
historical points famiiiar from their connection with the 
early settlement of the Old Colony of Massachusetts 
Bay. Passing the twin sentinels of Th.itcher's Island, 
passing often through the narrow estuary between that 
island and the dangerous reef known as the " Londoner," 
which is always covered with breakers, soon Eastern 
Point Light, which marks the entrance to Gloucester 
liarbor is opened and the storied " Reef of Norman's 
Woe" is in sight, the scene of Longfellow's " Wreck of 
the Hesperus." Manchester-by-the-ijea, Beverly, the 
ancient city of Salem, Marblehead, famous for having 
furnished most of the sailors who manned the privateers 
during the Kevolutionary war, and now famous as the 
scene of summer yacht races. Nahant and Boston Light 
follow in quick succession. From Cape Ann to the 
Point of Pines is one grand review of these coast towns. 
Lucy Larcom says : 

'■ You mav ride in an hour or two. if you will. 
From Halibut Point to Beacon Hill. 
Willi tlje sru bt-Bide yon all the war, 
Tliroueli pleasant places that skirt the Boy; 
By GloiK-esler Harbor an,l Beverly Beach, 
Salem's old steeple. Sahants lone reach. 
Blue-bordered Swanipseott. and Chelsea's wide 
Marches laid bare to the drenching tide. 
With a jrliuipse of Saupus spire in the west, 
,\nd .Maiden tolls in theirdreary rest." 

Then entering the port of Boston at an early liour in 
the morning, the seeker after pleasure or the business 
iinin has the entire day at his disposal for which the 
refreshing night's rest enjoyed in the run from Portland, 
gives an ailded zest. In the opposite run the traveler 
reaches Portland at a corresponding morning hour, land- 
ing close to the very dock from whence depart the many 
steamers of the Island fleet of ( asco Bay, and in season 
for all early trains e,-ist bound to the interior and coast 
of Maine and the While Mnuiitains. The line is composed 
of the new and eleg.-mt -ide-whcel steamers " Fremont" 
and '•Portland." These steamers have every modern 
ai)|)liance of luxury and safety, electric lights and bells, 
ami were especialjy btiilt for the requirements of the 
route. Through and excursion tickets to all .^e a Coast 
and interior jioints of fashionable resort are on .^ale at 
rates always lower than any other line and no company 
has a more enviable reputation for the care and comforts 
of its patrons than this wliich can say of Us 47 years 
existence that no passenger has lost life or received 
injury to person or property. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



183 



C. A. WESTON & CO., Wholesale Grocers, 
No. 1, 2, and 3 Central Wharf, Portland, Me. Although 
there are many wholesale grocery houses in Portland of 
much longer standing than the iirm of C. A. Weston & 
Co., there is not one that has a higher reputation as 
regards the prompt and accurate filling of orders, and 
the furnishing of goods of standard merit at the lowest 
market rates, and even from the standpoint of age alone 
this concern makes a very respectable showing, it 
having begun operations almost a quarter of a century 
ago, or in 18GS. For about eight years a retail business 
was carried on but since ISrc the trade has been ex- 
clusively wholesale, and has steadily increased uiitil it 
has reached very large proportions, customers beirfg 
found throughout Maine and New Hampshire. Messrs. 
C. A. Weston & Co. have never made any extravagant 
claims or sought to boom their business by the adoption 
of sensational methods, but on the other hand they are 
by no means ultra-conservative and are prompt to make 
use of all legitimate means to extend their operations. 
They occupy .3 floors of the dimensions of 40 x 120 feet 
at No.'s 1, 2 and 3 Central Wharf, and their stock is 
always complete in every department. Mr. Clarence A. 
Weston is a native of Madison, Maine, and Mr. Thomas 
E. Thompson was born in .Standish, Maine. Both 
partners are verj^ widely known in business and social 
circles, and give close personal attention to the super- 
vision of the representative enterprise with which they 
are identified. 



WILLIAM H. SCOTT, Manufacturer of 
Galvanized Iron and Copper Gutters and Cornices. 
Corrugated Iron Roofing and Iron Clapboarding, also 
Tin Roofing. Agent for Austin's Patent Corrugated 
Expanding Water 
J Conductors. Aben- 
lil droth A Roofs Spiral 
Ij Riveted Pipe, Pumps 
and Ash Barrels; 
Steamboat, Locomo- 
tive and Boiler 
Stacks. 29, 31 and 
;!3 Union St., Port- 
land, Me. Telephone, 
771. In enumerating 
those industries con- 
tingent upon the 
iron trade, it will be 
readily admitted that 
the enterprise conducted by William H. Scott in this 
city, deserves prominent mention. The house is one of 
the oldest in this vicinity, and was originally established 
by Mr. E. Newman, about fifty years ago. It was car- 
ried on under his name for thirty years, when the pres- 
ent (iroprietor assumed charge of the business. The 
premises occupied are located at Nos. 29, 31 and 33 
IJnioi] Street and comprise two floors, each of 4.">x70 ft. 
dimensions. They are admirably equipped with all the 
necessary machinery used for the work in hand, which 
is run by from ten to fifteen employees. A general line 
of Galvanized Iron, Copper, Tin, Zinc, and Lead work 
is manufactured by this house, comprising Gutters, 
Cornices. Pipe, Pumps, Boiler Stacks, and in fact every 
kind of metal work. A specialty is made of Galvanized 
Iron and Copper Gutters and Cornices which are par- 
ticularly fitted for fine building, as they expand or con- 
tract, according to the weather, without leaking. Mr. 
Scott also makes a specialty of ventilating public and 
private buildings. He has " unsurpassed facilities for 
roofing buildings in the most approved manner, and he 
is agent for the Cortright Metal Roofing Co., for Aus- 
tin's Patent Corrugated Expanding Water Conductors, 
and Abeudroth & Root's Spiral Riveted Pipe, etc. All 
the work produced is under the immediate supervision 
of the proprietor, who has enlargfd his works to double 




their former capacity, added the finest machinery and 
employs none but skilled labor. He claims to be able to 
do metal work cheaper and better than any other party 
in the country, and he guarantees it to be first-class in 
every particular. We recommend him to our readers, 
as his house is liberal, enterprising and reliable, and the 
goods made by him are of superior quality, excellent 
workmanship, and are manufactured from the best 
materials only. 

UNITED INDURATED FIBRE COMPANY, 
A. H. Prescott, Manager; Office of the Treasurer, No. 
300 Congress Street, Portland, Me. ; Factories, Portland, 
Me., and Lockport, New York. .Although indurated 
fibre ware is known and prized in every section of the 
country, it owes its prominence to its many evident 
advantages over all other ware rather than to the length 
of time it has been on the market, for it is only within 
the past three j'ears that it has been brought to the front, 
and the single fact that various imitations of it have 
alread}' been produced is proof positive that it supplies 
a genuine need and has been very cordially received. 
We need hardly say that not one of these imitations pos- 
sesses the peculiar qualties of the genuine; for to begin 
with, no other fibre pail is made seamless, every one 
having a bottom held in by a hoop or otherwise, while 
the indurated fibre ware is made all in one piece and can- 
not drop apart or leak. Paper and other fibre pails are 
painted and hence will taste ; and no other pail is made 
without a hoop or metal rim unless it be an infringement 
on the indurated fibre ware patents. The main points of 
superiority possessed by this ware over wood, paper, tin, 
and iron ware may be summarized as follows : Will not 
shrink or swell ; will not taint water, milk or other 
liquids ; cannot leak, water-soak or rust ; has no hoops to 
drop or rust oft'; being seamless, bottom cannot drop out ; 
has no paint or varnish to wear ofl'; does not require 
paint or varnish to preserve It; is proof against hot and 
cold water, kerosene,benzine and nahptha ; is lighter than 
a wooden pail, and will notsoak, thus becoming heavier. 
The great demand for the ware has stimulated the man- 
ufacturers to produce an extensive variety of articles, 
including pails and buckets of various kinds, tubs, 
keelers, pans, bowls, spittoons, slop jars, slop-jar mats, 
liquid and dry measures (sealed by legally authorized 
sealer before leaving the factory), scoops, churns, but- 
ter tubs, "bucket" fire extinguishers, '-regular" fire 
extinguishers (adopted by the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company, which '• insures" its property only by taking 
measures to prevent its burning), water coolers, water 
cooler bases, mill roving cans, stock ticker baskets, 
umbrella stands, waste paper jars, flower pots and bas- 
kets, chambers, cell buckets, etc., (for public institutions 
only), fire casks and pails, powder pails, acid pails and 
tubs, warranted to resist the action of the most corrosive 
acids. New articles are constantly being added and 
prices are quoted which, taken in conjunction with the 
great durability of the goods, make indurated fibre ware 
really the cheapest as well as incomparably the best 
in the market. Factories are maintained in Maine, New 
York, Massachusetts and Minnesota, — that in this state 
being located in Portland and being conducted by the 
United Indurated Fibre < imipauy, which also has a fac- 
tory at Lockport, N. Y. This company was incorporated 
in 1S88 with a capital of half a million, the president and 
general manager being Mr. Jesse Peterson. Lockport, 
N. Y'., and the treasurer and clerk being Mr. George S. 
Winn of Portland, Maine. The office of the treasurer is 
at No. 390 Congress street, Portland, and the general 
eastern office and salesrooms are at Nos. 173 and 175 
Duane street. New York, under the control of Messrs. 
Cordley i<: Hayes. The general western office is at 5.5, 
57 and 59 Wabash avenue, Chicago; A. H. Prescott, 
manager. The company are now mannfacturing some 
225 dozen pieces per day and the largest orders can gen- 
erally be filled at comparatively short notice. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



JOHN LOVEITT & CO.. Wholesale and 
Retail Dealers in Fresh Fish and Finnan Haddies, 
Oysters and Lobsters, End Commercial Wharf, Retail 
Market 52S Congress street, Portland, Me. The firm of 
John Loveitt & Co. occupy a leading position in the fish 
trade of Portland, the transactions of this concern being 
larger in amount than those of any other house. The 
business was founded many years ago by Messrs. 
Loveitt, Atkins A Co., and was continued by Loveitt 
& Sargent, and Loveitt, .Sargent & Co., — the present 
firm name being adopted about a quarter of a century 
ago, or five years after Mr. G. F. Loveitt entered the 
concern. The firm are wholesale and retail dealers in 
fresh fish and finnan haddies, oysters, lobsters, etc. their 
main establishment being at the end of Commercial 
Wharf. They have a retail market at Xo. 528 Congress 
street, and control the fish curing establishment owned 
by Mr. G. F. Loveitt and carried on under the style of 
Thomas McEwan Company. This is located on Ander- 
son street, and is extensively known as a wholesale 
depot for Finnan haddies, Yarmouth bloaters, Kippered 
herring, Kippered mackerel, etc. A large force of as- 
sistants is employed in the various departments of the 
business, and allorders can be filled promptly as well as 
at positively the lowest market rates. 

SIMONTOX & RANDALL, Wholesale Gro- 
cers and Flour Dealers, 210 Commercial Street, Portland, 
Me. It is very near 40 years since the business carried 
on by Messrs. Simonton & Randall was founded, and as 
it has held a leading position almost from the first no 
similar enterprise in Portland is more widely and favor- 
ably known. Operations were begun by Messrs. .John 
Randall &. Co., in 18.52, and after several changes had 
occurred in the proprietorship, the present firm assumed 
control in 1885, the partners being Messrs. George W. 
Simonton and Charles H. Randall, both of whom are 
natives of this city, and are so generally known in social 
as well as in business circles as to render extended 
personal mention altogether unnecessary. The firm are 
wholesale grocers and flour dealers, and utilize very 
spacious premises at No. 21!t Commercial street, they 
comprise five floors and a basement, each measuring 
30x80 feet, so the total floor space amounts to 12,000 
square feet, giving ample acconimoclations for a heavy 
and varied stock, and thus i)iittiii;; tlio firm in a position 
to fill even the most extensivr orders without delay. 
Employment is given to 12 competent assistants, and as 
both members of the firm are not only thoroughly ac- 
quainted with the business in every detail but give it 
close and careful supervision, the unusual promptness 
and elHciency of the service are not at all difflcult to 
account for. The firm quote bottom prices on all the 
many articles dealt in and ship goods to many distant 
points, besides doing a large local and suburban trade. 



S. W. LAEKABEE \- SON, Luniher, .'$05 
Commercial Street, Portland, Me. The business carried 
on under the firm name of S. W. Larrabee & Son had its 
origin more than 40 years ago, and has long held its 
present leading position, the facilities available being 
such as to enable all competition to be easily met, and 
the service being so carefully and skilfully supervised 
as to fully maintain the efilciency for which it has long 
been noted. Operations were begun in 1850 by Mr. S. 
W. Larrabee, and after various changes in ownership 
the firm of S. \V. Larrabee & Son was formed, that oc- 
curring in 18ij". Mr. Henry P. Larrabee retired from 
the business 1.3 years later, but no change was made in 
the firm name. Mr. S. W. Larrabee is a native of 
Phip-burg, .Maine, and is one of the most generally 
known of all our Portland merchants, he having beeii 
prominent in public as well .'is in business life, and serv- 
ing as common councilman, as alderman and as state 



representative. During his extended business career he 
has built up a most enviable reputation for integrity and 
enterprise, and customers of S. W. Larrabee & Son 
know that they are getting just what they pay for and 
getting it at the very lowest market rates. The firm 
deal in all kinds of lumber, and utilize commodious 
premises at No. .305 Commercial street, carrying a large 
stock and filling both wholesale and retail orders with- 
out delay. 

SARGENT. DENNISON & CO., Wholesale I 
dealers in Coal. Oflice, No. 174 Commercial Street, ' 

Portland, Me. The firm of Sargent, Dennison & Co. 
was formed in 1876 and the style has since remained 
unchanged, although Mr. Edward H. .Sargent has been 
sole proprietor for the past eleven or twelve years, Mr. 
W. E. Dennison having retired in 1879. The business 
carried on by tlie firm was founded in 1873 by Messrs. 
Rich & .ludkins. but has been greatly developed by the 
succeeding concern. Mr. Sargent is a native of Port- 
land and having served in both branches of the City 
Council is very generally known outside as well as inside 
of trade circles. He gives his business close personal 
supervision, and employs a sullicient force of assistants 
and provides ample delivery facilities to ensure the 
prompt and accurate filling of all orders large and small. 
Coal and Wood are dealt in both at wholesale and retail, 
the premises utilized at No. 174 Commercial St., foot of 
Exchange, being sutlicieutlj- spacious to accommodate a 
very large and complete stock, including the leading 
brands of coal for family and manufacturing use, and 
thoroughly seasoned hard and soft wood and kindlings. 
The lowest market rates are quoted to both wholesale 
and retail buyers and the quality of the stock is always 
fully up to tlie standard in every respect. 

PENN MT'TUAL LIFE INSURANCE C(BI- 

pany, Austin i Lidback, Gen'l Agents. Oflice !i:{ Ex- 
change St., Portland, Me. A. M. .Vustin, P. J. Lidback. 
There is no subject in the whole category of human 
events of more vital importance to the public at larae, 
than a highly perfected system of life insurance. The 
I'i'iiii Mutual Life Insurance < onipany of Philadelphia 
occujiii » a high position among the prominent Insurance 
< orjioratious of this country, and we may say, in the 
matter of absolute reliability, it stands second to none. 
Organized in 1847. with a large capital, and represented 
by many of I'hiladelphia's foremost citizens, its manage- 
ment has been conservatively progressive: abreast of 
the times, but never unwisely in advance. Every policy 
issued by this company is absolutely non-forfeitahle after 
three annual payments, and in most cases, after two. Irs 
record is unassailable, its guarantees are unsurpassed, 
it has every safeguard which intelligence, experience and 
and caution can suggest. The gross assets amount to 
.«il(;,500,00(i.00 and it has a surplus fund of S2..">00.(K)0 oo. 
The olficers are as follows: Edward M. Needles. Pres- 
ident; Horatio S. Stephens, Vice President: Henry C. 
Brown, Sec'y and Treasurer; Jesse .1. Barker, .\ctuary. 
This company is well represented in most of the large 
cities in the L'nion, bj' men of ability, energy and Intel- 
llgrnvc, who have done much to increase the member- 
shiii anil continue the interests of the institution. Of 
these, none stand higher than the general agents of 
Portland, Messrs. .\ustin A Lidback. The agency was 
established in 187'.> under the management of Mr. A. M. 
Austin, who was Joined last year by Mr. I'. J. Lidback, 
who previous to that time was engaged in the actuarial 
department of insurance work. These gentlemen are 
both natives of Maine, the former of Canton, the latter 
of Portland. Their oftlce is at No. i>.3 Exchange St. 
Callers are assured Immediate and courteous attention, 
and any Information with regard to the comjiany or tlie 
methods of insuring will be cheerfully given ou applica- 
tion. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



.85 



MARR & LITTLEFIELD, 



Wholesale Dealers in 



233 Commercial St., PORTLAND, ME. 

SYLVESTER MARR. HENRY LITTLEFIELD. 

BUSINESS ESTABLISHED IN 1863. 



L. F. HOYT & CO., Dealers in New and 
Second Hand Furniture, Carpets, Stoves and Crockery, 
Appraising Hotel and House Furniture a Specialty, 119 
Market St., Corner Federal, Portland, Me. The term 
"house furnishing goods" or "furniture"' means a good 
deal more now than it did ten or twenty years ago, for 
many useful articles coming under this head have been 
placed on the market during the past quarter of a cen- 
tury, and the work of the housekeeper has been corres- 
pondingly lightened. One of the most complete and 
desirable stocks of house furnishings to be found in this 
section of Portland is that carried by Messrs. L. F. Hoyt 
<fc Co. at 119 Market street, corner of Federal street, and 
by no means the least gratifying feature of the goods 
handled by the firm is the low price quoted on them. The 
enterprise now conducted under the firm name of L. F. 
Hoyt it Co. was originally started in 186i by L. F. 
Hoyt, and after several changes in its management came 
into the possession of Messrs. Wilson & Hoyt in 1880, 
who were succeeded by the present firm in 1887. L. F. 
Hoyt <fe Co. are dealers in new and second hand fur- 
niture, and make a specialty of appraising hotel and 
house furniture. The premises occupied comprise two 
floors, each 30 by .50 feet in dimensions, at the corner of 
Market and Federal streets, in addition to room for stor- 
ing and finishing on Federal street. The stock includes 
house furnishings in general, as well as a large and 
varied assortment of carpets, stoves and crockery, etc. 
Space is too limited to allow us to describe even the most 
prominent of the goods making up this assortment, but 
we cm at least assure our readers that the store will well 
repay a visit, especially as immediate and polite atten- 
tion is shown to every caller, and bottom prices are 
quoted in every department of the establishment. 



T. C. M. JENCKES, rear 36 Temple St., 
Carpenter and Builder. It is commonly said that a man 
has to build one house, at least, before he knows enough 
to have one built to suit him, but this rule does not 
apply to those who have sense enough to be guided by 
the experience of others, and if such experience teaches 
one thing more than another, it is that care should be 
taken to place the building contract in competent and 
responsible hands. Among the various carpenters and 
builders doing business in Portland, there is not one 
more reliable in every way than Mr. T. C. M. Jenckes, 
whose shop is located "at No. 36 Temple St. This gentle- 
man has been identified with his present business for 
several years, and he is thoroughly experienced in all 
branches of it. Employment is given to four compe- 
tent assistants and a larger force is at hand to call upon 
should the occasion demand. Mr. Jenckes is prepared 
to fill jobbing orders of all kinds in a superior manner 
at short notice and the terms made with this gentle- 
man will be found to be extremly moderate. 



MAINE CANNING CO., Contractors and 
Packers of Canned Goods, 3 and .5 Custom House Wharf, 
Portland, Me. Canned Clams, Mackerel and Herring a 
Specialty. There seems to be no limit to the demand 
for canned goods, for it steadily increases from year to 
year, and when once the reputation of a brand has been 
firmly established, the call for it almost always increases 
from season to season, no matter how many new brands 
may have been placed on the market in the meantime. 
The Maine Canning Co. have won an enviable reputation 
as contractors and packers of canned goods, and as a 
natural consequence the demand for their productions 
has reached very large proportions. This business was 
founded in 1885 and was originally carried on by Messrs. 
George Webster and John A. Pellett, but in 1888 Mr. 
Webster bought out Mr. Pellett and has since retained 
sole control. He is a native of Portland, was a first 
lieutenant in the army during the rebellion, and has a 
large circle of friends throughout this city and vicinity. 
Mr. Webster gives the business very close supervision, 
and employs a sufficiently large force of assistants to 
ensure the prompt filling of all orders. A specialty is 
made of canned clams, mackerel and herring, and 
satisfaction is guaranteed to every buyer both as regards 
the quality and price of the goods furnished. The 
premises utilized are spacious and well-equipped, and 
are located at Nos. 3 and 5 Custom House Wharf. 



SOUTH CASCO STAGE LINE, J. A. Field, 
Prop. Slate at Gould's Stable. Carries Passengers and 
Freight. Among the many lines of business conducted 
in Portland none are of greater advantage and conven- 
ience to a certain portion of this community than that 
which is controlled by Mr. J. A. Field. We take pleasure 
in calling attention to this enterprise, as it cannot fail 
in being patronized by many who wish to visit certain 
localities that are not on the direct line of the steam 
cars. It may be a matter of much surprise to many, 
that any one should still travel by Stage, and that the 
Steam Cars do not go everywhere, but they have yet to 
learn that there are many important towns that are out 
of the way of railroads and can only be reached by 
riding several miles, either by private conveyance or by 
an established line of Stages similar to the one we are 
now calling to notice. The South Casco Stage Line car- 
ries Passengers and Freight, aud the Proprietor, Mr. J. 
A. Field, endeavors to accomodate his patrons in every 
way possible. The following order is the line in which 
the Stage passes. It runs through Woodfords and Mer- 
rill's Corner, Duck Pond, Windham Center, North Wind- 
ham, Raymond and South Casco. 'Vht- Stage runs daily 
except Sunday. Slate at Gould's Stable, where orders 
for Passengers or Freight can be left. Mr. Field has 
won the esteem of his patrons by careful attention to 
their comfort. 



i8f. REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 

The Equitable Life Assurance Society 



A. r^^nr-gjor* St.ir»i3lt.i«^, 



— WRITES A — 



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— AND HAS 



A LARGER AMOUNT OF ASSURANCE IN FORCE, 

Than any other company in the world. 

^rotectior:! a^nd. Profit 

ON THE TWENTY- YEAR ENDOWMENT PLAN. 

Annual Rate 
Premiums on Ca»b Return to of Simple Interest 

$1,000 of Assurance Insured at Policy HolJer at end of Realized on In- 

for 20 years. Age. 20 years. vestment. 

.1'{)92 30 $1,706 65 per cent. 

1,018 35 1,746 63 " " 

1,060 40 1,813 ei >' " 

1,128 45 1,932 6^ " " 

1,240 50 2,156 7 

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PARK BROS., Special Agts. 

cilKH'Ks : 

Over Western Union, BANGOR, Me, 

Manager, \ AND 

93 Exchange St., Portland, Me. 




REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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POETLAND LOAN AND BUILDING 

ASSOCIATION, VI Mouument Square, Portland. The 
Portland Loan and Building Association was incor- 
porated in 1890, and may be said to be the legitimate 
result of the exceptional success attained by the Casco 
Loan and Building Association, incorporated some two 
years earlier, for the facilities oflered by that association 
have been so largely availed of that in order to prevent 
the membership becoming so large as to be unwieldly, 
and at the same time to debar no one from the privileges 
at the command of shareholders, the formation of a new 
association became a positive necessity. Many of those 
most prominently connected with the old association are 
identified with the new one also, and that the public 
give it their hearty confidence and support the annexed 
statement will go far to prove: Statement of Portland 
Loan it Building Association. Portland, March 20, 
1891. Organized March 19, 1890. 

LIABILITIES. 

Accumulated capital §20,409. 87 

Guaranty fund 17.02 

Earnings 892.13 

$27,379.02 

RESOURCES. 

Loans on mortgages of real estate . $23,300.00 

Permanent expenses 173.03 

Cash 3,90.i.99 

$27,379.02 

GEORGE D. BISBEE, Bank Examiner. 
An enterprise having for its objects the individual 
ownership of homes : the encouragements of habits of 
industry and thrift, and the spreading of practical 
knowledge concerning the laws of finance and of 
property, is doing a work second to none in magnitude 
and importance, and deserves the earnest co-operation of 
every property owner and wage earner, and is of 
inestimable benefit to the community in which it 
operates. Such is the work being carried out by the 
Portland Loan and Building Association, and the 
following gentlemen may well be proud of their 
prominent connection with it: President, Ilenry S. 
Osgood; Vice-President, Albion Little; Secretary, David 
B. Kicker, Treasurer and Attorney, Seth L. Larrabee. 
Direcrors : Albion Little, N. E. Eedlon, Fred N. Dow, 
Henry C. Peabody, Henry S. Osgood, Prentiss Loring, 
J. S. Ricker, E. B. Winslow, A. D. Smith, Richard K. 
Gatley, James H. Hall. Wm. H. Scott, Seth L. Larrabee, 
R. D. Woodman, Fred E. Briggs, A. W. Smith, Chas. B. 
Woodman. Auditors: Watson B. Drew, J. N. Winslow, 
Joshua Davis. 



MOTLEY & CO., Wholesale Conimission 
Dealers in Fruits and Produce, 237 Commercial street, 
Portland, Me. There is no doubt that the greatly in- 
creased demands for fruits so noticeable of late years is 
due in a great measure to the spreading of hygienic 
knowledge among the people, for, although the most of 
us eat fruit because we like it, we would not consume 
nearly so nmch as we do were we not convinced that it 
is as healthful as it is palatable. The growth of the 
trade in foreign fruits during the past decade has been 
truly wonderful, and by its extension their price has 
been so reduced that bananas, oranges, etc. are about as 
cheap as apples, pears and other domestic productions. 
Messrs. Motley & Co., of No. 237 Commercial street, 
handle a large proportion of the foreign fruits received 
in Portland, for they are leading wholesale commission 
dealers in these commodities, and also in domestic fruits 
and produce of all kinds. The business was founded in 
1878 by Messrs. Motley & Winchester, and the present 
firm, consisting of Messrs. F. A. Motley and W. J. 
Shaw, assumed control in 1880. The premises utilized 



comprise tour floors measuring 2."x7.") feet, and a heavy 
and varied stock is constantly carried, so the largest 
orders can be filled at short notice. Fruits and produce 
of every description are dealt in, a specialty being made 
of early vegetables and strawberries. Canned goods of 
all kinds are extensively handled, and the firm are al- 
ways prepared to quote the lowest market rates and ship 
goods without delay. * 




S. H. & A. R. DOTEX, Wholesale and Retail 
Lumber Dealers; Also, Manufacturers of Mouldings, 
Gutters, Brackets, Stair Work, etc., Xos. 494 to 504 Fore, 
and 279 Commercial Streets, Portland, Me. The import- 
ance of Portland as a lumber distributing centre is too 
generally known to render it at all necessary to enlarge 
upon it, suffice it to say the lumber trade is one of Port- 
land's representative branches of commerce and has had 
much to do with the building up of the city and its sub- 
urbs. A representative house engaged in this representa- 
tive business is that of S. H. & A. IJ. Doten, occupying 
premises located at Xos. 494 to .504 Fore, and 279 Com- 
mercial streets. This enterprise was inaugurated in 
1854, and for nearly forty years has held a prominent 
and in fact a leading position. The proprietors are 
Messrs. M. T. and E. S. Doten, who are natives of 
Poland, Maine, and Mr. H. M. Bailey, who was born in 
this city, these gentlemen doing business under the old 
and honored firm-name we have mentioned. They are 
wholesale and retail dealers in lumber, besides being 
extensive manufacturers of mouldings, gutters, brackets, 
stair work, etc., they utilizing a factory having a floor- 
space of about 15,000 square feet, fitted up with improved 
machinery, driven by a sixty-five horse engine. Employ- 
ment is given to thirty assistants and the largest orders 
can be filled at short notice, the firm being in a position 
to quote the lowest market rates to both wholesale and 
retail buyers. 

E. C. CHASE, Baggage Transfer. Baggage 
Called for and Checked at any Railro.ad or Steamer in 
the City. Oflice at Portland Steam Packet Co., Frank- 
lin Wharf, Portland, Me. The character of the service 
offered by Mr. E. C. Chase should certainly be thorough- 
ly familiar to the residents of Portland, for this gentle- 
man has been identified with his present enterprise for 
over 25 years. He is a native of Portland, and very 
well known both in social and business circles. His 
oflice is located at the Portland Steam Packet Co.'s 
Office, Franklin Wharf, where ordei-s may be left for 
trucking and forwarding, and they will receive prompt 
and accurate attention. Mr. Chase's business is very 
extensive and is constantly increasing. He employs 
from twelve to fifteen assistants, and uses from fifteen 
to eighteen horses. Mr. Chase takes great pride in 
maintaining the high reputation he has so long held. 
Baggage will be called for and checked to any railroad 
or steamer in the city, and the charges made will be 
found to be uniformly moderate. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



HINDS' HONEY SSE flbmoHD cpjEflm 



KOR THE 



Hands, F^aoe, JSli:ii:i o^iad Con^ijjle 

Also HINDS' BLACK-FLY CREAM. 



scioia. 



fl. s. HINDS, 



PORTLiRND, mniNE, 



U. S. A. 



Mr. A. S. Hinils is a native of I.ivermore. Maine, ami 
has carried on business in Portland as a druggist and 
apothecarj- lor more than a score of years, having begun 
operations in 1870. Since 188S, how- 
ever, he has given his entire atten- 
tion to the manufacture and sale of 
certain preparations, which were 
•devised by him as a result of his 
conviction that there would be a 
large demand for them could they 
he made to combine the virtues 
which he sought in their prepara- 
tion; for his long experience as a 
druggist in handling ;'.ll the notable 
preparations of a kindred character 
gave him ample opiiortunity to see 
that they were all more or less un- 
satisfactory and stimulated him to 
produce compounds which should 
offer all their advantages and none 
of their disadvantages. He began 
to manufacture the first of his prep- 
arations some fifteen years ago, and 
the demand for them has reached 
such proportions that lie is now 
obliged to devote all his energies to 
supplying it. Hinds' Honey and Al- 
mond Cream is nowknown in every 
portion of this country and Canada, 
and even in England, France, South 
America, Mexico and .Australia, 
and wherever introduced, it has at- 
tained not only prominence, but 
supremacy, being endorsed by phy- 
sicians, druggists and the public as 
the most perfect preparation of the 
kind in the market. It is for the 
treatment, cure and jireveution of 
chapped hands, face and lips, rough 

or hard skin, wrinkles, sunburn, _____^,^.^_^ 
irritations, scaly eruptions, burns. — — — — ^-^-^-^ 
scalds, chilblains, infianied and irritated piles, itching, 
chafing, sore nipples, brittle nails, bruises, flesh wounds, 
salt rheum, eczema, and all the various kindred aftections 
of the skin; and unlike any other skin preparation, it is 
entirely free from all oily, greasy, starcliy or sticky 
principles or chemicals, and hence has none of the 
objictiiiiialilc features of cold cream, camphor ice, vase- 
line, cdsiMoline, and washes containing mineral poisons. 
It is warranted not to injure the most delicate skin, and 
Mr. Hinds guarantees etitire satisfaction to all who may 
use it for the purposes for which it is recommended, and 
so confident is he that a trial will sustain his claims that 
hi' oilers to send a sample free to any address on appli- 
vati'iii. Hinds' Honey and .-Mmond Cream is sold by all 
(Irvigtjists and bv all leading dealers in toilet supiilies, It 
being one of the most efilcient agents for brightening 
and permanently improving the complexion that has yet 
appeared. Hinds' Black-fly Cream, for repelling insects 
and protecting the skin fro"in sunburn, irritation and in- 
fection, contains no tar, makes no stain and may be read- 
ily removed without the use of soap if desired. It Is 
essentially different from .all other preparations of a like 
diameter, or rather intended for a like purpose, an<i no 
sportsman who once uses it will ever be willing to dis- 




'^^'^-^P^I^V^'It 



pense with it afterwards, for it is not only wonderfully 
efilcient and pleasant to use, but is handv to carry and 
not objectionable to even the most fastidbus. It is sold 
by all dealers in sporting goods at 
25c. per box or will be sent by mail 
for 28 cents. Mr. Hinds is prepared 
to supply the trade with any of his 
productions at short notice and at a 
liberal discount from retail rates. 

180 Hanover St., Boston. Feb. 22. 1890 
Mr. a. S. Hinds: 

Dkar Sir:— Que of niv patientH has been 
troublfii since la.«t fall with fold Sores 
which rook lu her nostrils a.s well as ou her 
lips and chin, and she was a very unpleas- 
ant sight to any one with whom she was 
brouifht in coutaot. to say nothiDK of the 
sutferiug she endured. 

My wife advised her to use your prepara- 
tion and m one week she was greailv re- 
lieved, and iu two weeks entirfli/ ciivil. 

I send tliis testimonial simply because 
your preparation did for her w liat several 
physicians and other r.-lliedlea would not 
d", and I consider it a proper tribute to 
your skill as well. 

Yours very tnilv, 

AV. J STARHUCK, Dentist. 



Nbw York, March 23, 1889 
A. S. Hinds: 

Dsaa Sir:— Your peerless Honey and Al- 
mond Cream h»s been used by ine roii- 
stnnthf for n'-arly four years. I cannot 
live without it. I assure you At th» same 
time to carry any great amount of it is 
almost impossible, and nr> fiinannf. however 
ereat. could be any comfort to »ie unless 1 
knew I had enough to last till my last day, 
now I am going awav. Is your Cream on 
sale in Paris or in Italy ^ if so, I will procure 
it there, and agree to increa.se its sale, per- 
haps inimitably, even otherwise, it has only 
to be known. 

Please advise Faithfully. 

We are not at liberty t** use this lady's 
name, but guarantee its geuuiueness. 

(A. S. H.) 



WiLMlNOToN. Orio. July 20th, 1891. 
Dear Sir:— It think it my duty to write you In regard to your won- 
derful Honey and Almond Cream. When I commenced using it my 
hands would ciaok op-n and were so bad that I c.iuld not close them 
without making them bleed, and my face was rough and chapjH-d. I 
have hid one bottle and mv hands "and face are entirely cured and I 
think it my iluiy to praise the wonderful remedy. 
Yours truly. 

MRS. ISAIAH MEARS 



Unitki) Hospital and Dispessarv, 
20 charter street 
A charity supported by voluntary ontrlbutions. 

Boston, Mar 5, 1S91. 
A. S. HisD<, Esi<. 

My Dear Sir: -(Your kind favor of 2«th ult. at hand ) I am very 
glad to rectify to the value of Hinds' Honey and .\lniond Cream as a 
most excellent reni-'dial agent in m-inv forms of Skin Diseases, and 
consider it as one of the best articles of its class for troubles of that 
cbarHct-ir. I aiii under o')li^'»tioiis for your pilsi favors and assure 
you that any further donations would ba duly appreciated. 



12J Emery otreM, Portland. 
P. S. You are at liberty to use my name, for the /i<i'/ was itfVfr 
toht. It is the /»'.<tf to use about >)ables that 1 ever used, ami 1 have 
had four years experience with it. H. J. P. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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CEESSEY & JONES, Dealers in Pianos and 
Organs, Sheet Music and General Musical Merchandise, 
Sole Agents for Weber, Decker Bros., Kranich & Bach, 
Mason & Hamlin, Woodward & Brown, and VoseA Sons 
Pianos; Mason and Hamlin and New England Organs, 
394 Congress Street, opposite City Hall, Portland, Me. — 
By common consent tlie establisiiraeut conducted by 
Messrs. Cressey & Jones is given a leading position 
among the music stores of this section of New England, 
and it may be stated as a positive fact that no house is 
prepared to otter more genuine advantages to purchasers 
of pianos, cabinet organs, sheet music and musical mer- 
chandise. Tlie business was formerly carried on by Mr. 
C. R. Cressey, he beginning operations in 1S85, and be- 
coming .associated with Mr. C. F. Jones under tlie pres- 
ent firm-name in 18S9. Mr. Cressey is a native of Gor- 
ham, Maine, and Mr. Jones of Portland, botli tliese 
gentlemen being extensively well and favorably known 
in trade and social circles. The firm are agents for the 
leading piano manufacturers of the couutry, including 
Weber & Co., Decker Brothers, Kranich & Bach, Mason 
& Hamlin, Woodward & Brown, and Vose & Sons, and 
are prepared to furnish instruments of sterling merit in 
any style of case desired at as low rates as can be named 
on pianos of equal grade by any manufacturer or dealer. 
They are also agents for the famous Mason & Hamlin, 
and the New England Organs. The store is located at 
No. 394 Congress street, opposite City Hall, and has an 
area of about 2,000 square feet. A very complete assort- 
ment of sheet music, including the latest vocal and in- 
strumental pieces of foreign and American composers is 
carried in stock together with a tine line of musical mer- 
chandise; and the employment of four assistants ensures 
prompt attention to every caller. 

FRED E. RICHARDS & CO., Bankers, !»8 
Exchange Street, Box 1654, Portland, Me. — The business 
conducted by Messrs. Fred E. Richards & Co., at No. 98 
Exchange street, was founded by Mr. Richards in 1888, 
the present firm being formed in ISiil by the admission 
of Mr. Arthur W. Merrill. Mr. Richards is a native of 
Camden, and Mr. Merrill of Farmington, Maine, and 
both are very widely and favorably known in general 
business and particularly in financial circles; Mr. Rich- 



ards having filled the highly re- 
sponsible position of State Bank 
Examiner for nine years and Mr. 
.Merrill having acted as his assist- 
ant during the past two j'ears he 
held office. It is obvious that the 
experience of the members of this 
firm has been such as to make them 
thoroughly familiar with all the 
standard securities and has certain- 
ly been admirably calculated to fit 
them to judge understandingly 
concerning the merits of any pro- 
posed investment. The popular 
conviction of these facts and the 
nature of the service rendered by 
Mr. i;ichai<ls during the three years 
that he carried on operations alone, 
have combined to make this house 
one of the most popular among in- 
vestors in the State, and the excep- 
tionally attractive line of securi- 
ties thus far offered by the new firm 
has attracted much attention and 
excited very favorable comment 
among those who have investigat'-d 
their merits. They include §30,000 
five per cent. 30 years mortgage 
bonds of the Penobscot Shore Line 
Railroad, dated Feb. 1, 1891, and 
netting five per cent ; $25,000 Portland and Ogdensburg 
20 years 5's, dated Nov. 1, 1888, and having principal 
and interest guaranteed by the Maine Central R. R. Co., 
and the bonds of four street railway companies, located 
in difterent sections of the country, the bonds bearing 
interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum and being 
offered at prices netting from 5i to 5| per cent, to the 
investor. Street railway securities are regarded with 
great favor by the most experienced and conservative 
investors, and those offered by Messrs. Fred E. Richards 
& Co., are particularly desirable. The firm also offer 
bonds of the Kennebec Light & Heat Co,, Leadville. Col., 
Water Co., and Citizens Gas Light Co., (Brooklyn, 
N. Y.,) all of which possess many and solid advantages. 
Smaller offerings include stock of several prominent 
Maine banks, railways, and manufacturing companies. 
Full information will be given on application in person 
to 98 Exchange street, or to post office box, 1654. 

BROWN & JOSSELYN, Commission Mer- 
chants, Flour, Grain and Feed, 211 Commercial street, 
Portland, Me. The firm of Brown & Josselyn had its 
inception in 1878, at which time two important enter- 
prises were consolidated. The older of these had been 
founded in 1872, by Messrs. Butler, Josselyn & Son, 
they being succeeded in 1874 bj' Messrs. Josselyn & Co., 
who were in charge when the consolidation was ett'eeted 
four years later. The other undertaking had been 
started in 1874 by Messrs. Brown & Washburn, they 
giving place in 1877 to Messrs. Brown & Batchelder, and 
this firm being dissolved in 1878 when the two businesses 
were merged into one. The firm of Brown & Josselyn 
consisted of Messrs. A. D. Brown and T. A. Josselyn, 
but Mr. Brown died in 1890, and Mr. Josselyn now has 
sole charge but retains the original firm name. The 
firm are commission merchants in flour, grain and feed, 
doing an exclusive wholesale business and shipping 
goods throughout Maine and New Hampshire. As they 
have held a leading position in the flour trade of the 
state from the very start their exceptional facilities are 
widely known, and we only need say that the concern 
were never better prepared than now to serve the best 
interests of their customers and to fully maintain their 
enviable reputation for promptness in making returns 
and in filling even the most extensive orders. 



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REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



X^-2"2x^^fi^2Sr, SOI^T gS5 CO., 

9mii|> Stot-t^s* £111(1 O Iir»iitlloi->', 

Dock, Manilla and Hemp Cordage, Wire Rope, Ciiains, Anchors, 

KInrkK. NhvhI Slorra, Et<' , AgeiiU for TaiiDton Copper (••■ii|ian.v an<l Woodberry Duck. 

175 Commepcial Street, PORTUflND, ME. 

The history ot the enterprise cirried on under the lirni naoie of Lyuian, Son & Co. dates back nearly half a 
•century, and is one ot the oldest established and one of the most extensive in the entire state. It was inaugurated 
iu 184."> by Messrs. Blauohard, Cahoon & Lyman, and the following year the tirm uame was changed to Blanehard 
<!fc Cahoon, and agdin, in 1847, to Lyman '& Richardson. This firm gave place to Messrs. Lyuian, Marrett & Co. in 
18.5.5, the style being changed to Lyman & Marrett in 1S.58, and to Lymau, Son i<: Tobey in 1804. The tirm of Lyman, 
Tobey & Co. was formed in 187.5 and the present style was adopted in 1879. As now constituted, the concern is 
made up of Messrs. .Tames P. Lym m and Charles F. Uuptill, both of whom are natives of this city, and both he and 
Mr. Lym*n are so generally known iu both social and business circles as to make extended personal mention quite 
unnecessary. The firm sell both at wholesale and retail, and deal very extensively in duck, manilla an<i hemp 
cordage, w^ire rope, chains, anchors, blocks, naval stores and in fact ship stores and chandlery of all kinds. They 
are agents tor the Taunton Copper Co., and Wooiberry Mills duck, and can fill the largest orders at short notice 
and at manufacturers' prices. The premises utilized are located at Xo. 175 Commercial street, and comprise three 
floors measuring 25x68 feet, all this space being used by the firm, with the exception ot three offices in the front 
on the second floor. A very large stock is carried, and sufficient assistance employed to ensure the prompt filling 
ot every order. 



THOMAS BK[GGS, Manufacturing Confec- 
tioner, and Dealer in Fruits, Nuts, Cigars, etc., 379 Con- 
fress St., Portland, Me. It is undeniable that tlie public 
emand a higher grade ot confectionery tlian was found 
satisfactory a decade or so ago, and those manufacturers 
have been most successful who were the earliest to rec- 
ognize this demand and to develop it by producing 
goods of such superior excellence that they displace 
others wherever introduced. -V prominent example of 
this fact is attbrded by the magnitude of the business 
built up by Mr. Thomas Briggs during the past ten 
years. It was founded by Messrs. Briggs Brothers in 
1870 and passed under the sole coutrol ot the i)resent 
proprietor about four years later. Mr. Briggs man- 
ufactures a full line of Confectionery and as he uses 
carefully selected materials and has every facility nec- 
essary to attain the best results at his Spacious premises 
No. 879 Congress .St., it is not surprising that his pro- 
ductions should be very ])opular and should be spoken 
very highly ot by both consumers aud the trade; es- 
pecially as they are ottered at prices withiu the means 
of all, and are put up in packages so tasteful and attrac- 
tive as to compare favorably with any others iu the 
market. Hundreds of tons of confectionery are i)ro- 
duced annually and the demand for the goods steadily 
increases from year to year. Both a wholesale and 
retail business is done, and a large assortment not only 
of Confectionery but also of Fruits, Nuts, Cigars, etc., 
is constantlj- on hand to select from. Employment is 
given to 11 assistants, aud all orders are assurc<i prompt 
and careful attention. 

JAMES BAILKV &('()., rinpoitcis, Jobber.s 
aud Wholesale Dealers in Carriage and Saddlery Hard- 
ware, Harness Leather, Horse Clothing, Carriage Trim- 
mings, etc., 204 Sliddle Street, Portland, Me. — The en- 
terprise carried on under the style of .lames Bailey & 
Co., is as truly representative an undtM-taking as can be 
found iu thecity of Portland, for It was inaugurated 
nearlj' half a century ago ami lias long ranked with the 
most extensive and important of the kind in New Kng- 
land. The business was founded in 181ii by Mr. James 
Bailey, who in a few years became associated with his 
brother under the firm-name of .lames Bailey & Co., which 
has ever since been retained although the business now 
belongs to the children of .lames Bailey, deceased, and is 



held in trust for them by B. D. Verrill, Esq., Mr. G. A. 
Fairbanks acts as manager, and it is but simplejustice to 
say that the high reputation so long associated with this 
liouse has been fully maintaiued under the existing 
order of things. The firm are importers, jobbers and 
wholesale dealers in carriage and saddlery hardware, 
harness leather, horse clothing, carriage trimmings, etc., 
utilizing premises located at No. 204 Middle street, com- 
prising six floors of the dimensions of .'^0x70 feet, aud 
containing a verj' heavy and varied stock. Considerable 
retail business is done, but the great bulk of the trade is 
wholesale, and goods are shipped to many distant |)oints. 
We need hardly say that the firm is in a position to 
(juote bottom figures on dependable goods, and as em- 
ployment is given to competent and experienced assist- 
ants orders can be filled at very short notice. 

TURNER BROS. \- NEWCOMB, Dry Goods 
aud Cloaks, Nos. 488 and 490 Congress .Street, Portland, 
Me. The firm of Turner Brothers & Newcomb is of com- 
paratively recent origin, it having been formed in 1889, 
but the enterprise with which it is identified was 
inaugurated more than a score of years before that date 
aud has long been regarded as a leader in its special line. 
Operations were begun by Messrs. Turner Brothers, iu 
1808, and the present firm is composed of Mr. I'. H. Tur- 
ner, a native of Gardiner, Maine, and Mr. O. T. New- 
comb, a native of i^juincy, Mass. Both these gentlemen 
are very generally and favorably known in trade circles, 
and under their direction this representative undertaking 
is steadily gaining in popularity and is doing much to 
extend Portland's reputation as an advantageous pur- 
chasing centre. The firm deal in dry aud fancy goods, 
cloaks, etc., both at wholesale and retail, special atleii 
tion, however, being i)aid to retail trade. The premisi- 
made use of are located at Nos. 488 and 490 Congress 
street, and comprise one floor aud a basement measuring 
29 X l.'« feet, and two floors of the dimensions of 24 x G8 
feet. They are fitted up with all necessary facilities for 
the prompt aud accurate transaction of business, aud as 
employment Is given to about thirty assistants, the ser- 
vice U exceptionally prompt and elliclcnt. Dress ami 
cloakmaking to order Is a verv Important department of 
the business, aud not only is the work turned out of the 
highest order of excellence, but the charges made will 
compare very favorably with any named elsewhere on 
articles of equal merit. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



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J. J. GERRISH & CO., General Railroad and 
Engine Supplies, Manufacturers of Railroad Signal Lan- 
terns, General Tin and Slieet Iron Work to Order, No. 
41 Commercial Street, Portland, Me. — It is obviously of 
the first importance that railroad signal lanterns should 
be absolutely reliable as regards design, workmanship 
and material, and it is very significant in this connection 
that there should be a large and constant demand for 
the railroal signal lanterns manufactured by Messrs. J. 
J. Gerrish & Co., for this concern began operations a score 
of years ago, so there has certainly been abundant oppor- 
tunit}' to test their pfoductious under all conditions. 
Mr. J. J. Gerrish retired in 1S90 and the business has 
since been continued by Mr. Elmer G. Gerrish, his sou, 
under the old firm-name. Abundant evidence has already 
been given that the enviable reputation of this old-estab- 
lished house will not suft'er under the present manage- 
ment, and indeed Mr. Gerrish proposes to add to that 
reputation if h;'rd, earnest and persistent work will do it. 
The premises occupied are located at No. 41 Commercial 
street, and comprise three floors of the dimensions of 
26x90 feet, they containing all necessary facilities for 
the manufacture of signal lanterns and the doing of 
general tin and sheet iron work. The firm deal in rail- 
road and engine supplies in general, and are prepared to 
fill orders promptly and to furnish goods of standard 
quality at the lowest market rates. 



GILBERT M. SOULE, Manufafturer and 
Dealer in Lumber, office and Wharf No. 418 Commercial 
Street, Portland, Me. Dimension Lumber Sawed to 
Order at Short Notice. Mills at Grovetou, N. IL, on 
Line G. T. and B. & L. R. R'ds. The very prominent 
position in the lumber trade held by Mr. Gilbert M. 
Soule entitles his enterprise to favorable notice in a 
review of Portland representative mercantile under- 
takings and is the legitimate result of the steady and 
assured development of a business founded more than 
30 years ago and conducted with marked ability ever 
since. It was formerly carried on by Messrs. R. Holyoke 
& Co., and by Messrs. Gilbert Soule & Co., who were 
succeeded by' Mr. Gilbert Soule, father of t)ie present 
proprietor who assumed control in 1S84. Mr. .Soule 
owns and occupies all of Holyoke's Wharf. No. 418 
Commercial St., and carries a heavy and complete line 
of Spruce and Pine Lumber in stock at all times, but 
many orders are filled directly from the mills, which 
are located at Groveton, N. II.," on the line of the Grand 
Trunk, and Boston & Lowell Railroads. Mr. Soule is 
prepared to Saw Dimension Lumber to order at short 
notice and to quote bottom price? to both wholesale and 
retail buyers. From t! to 12 assistants are employed in 
Portland, and all orders are assured prompt and careful 
attention. 




OAK STREET LIVERY STABLE. Henry 
L. Taylor, proprietor. Telephone No. 481. Carriages 
and Vehicles of every description, furnished to order, 
Portland, Me. The Oak Street Livery Stable may be called 
the representative public stable of Portland, for it is one 
of the largest and most completely fitted-up establish- 
ments of its kind in the State and the management is so 
excellent that the service afforded is unequalled for 
promptness, comprehensiveness and general efficiency. 
Carriages and vehicles of every description will be fur- 
nished to order at remarkably shoit notice, orders bj' 
telephone (call No. 4S1), from any part of the citj' being 
ensured immediate and careful attention. The teams 
supplied from this deservedly popular stable are first- 
class in every respect, careful and well informed drivers 
will be furnished if desired, and strangers wishing to 
gain a comprehensive idea of Portland and its beautiful 
suburbs can do so in no more agreeable and easy way 
than that afforded by a ride in one of the handsome and 
easy-riding vehicles obtained here; a call by telephone 
from any part of the city bringing a carriage to the door 
at any appointed hour. Mr. Heury L. Taylor, the pro- 
prietor of this stable, is a native of Buckfleld, Maine, 
and is one of the oldest and best-known stablemen in 
Maine, having begun operations in ISCO as a member of 
the firm of Taylor & Boothby. Boothby retired in 1800. 
Owing to the big fire Mr. Taylor then worked for Capt. 
Sayer until he assumed control of his present establish- 
ment in I8S2, and has given it the leading position it now 
holds by providing a service uniformly satisfactory in 
every essential. 




C. W. DAVIS, Plumber; Telephone, 79B ; 
No. 71 Union Street, (Under Falmouth Hotel), Portland, 
Me. It is far better to have no plumbing at all in a 
house than to have what plumbing there is improperly 
done, and the same thiag may be said concerning steam 
or hot water apparatus. This is no theory of ours, but 
has been repeatedly proved by practical experience, so 
we say to our readers, "have no plumbing of any kind 
done unless you can have it done right." Fortunately 
there is no trouble in having such work properly done if 
you reside in Portland and vicinity, it being necessary 
only to place the order with Mr. C. W. Davis, doing bus- 
iuess at No. 71 Union street, for he has had raanv years of 
long and varied experience, and has unequalled facilities 
for the filling of the largest orders at short notice, satis- 
faction being guaranteed to every customer. Mr. Davis 
is a native of this town and served tea years with Mr. 
James Miller, and makes a specialty of remedying de- 
fective plumbing and introducing the latest improve- 
ments for the thorough exclusion of sewer gases, also 
water closets, hot and cold baths, wash bowls, and the 
latest of water fixtures, for dwelling houses, and 
public buildings, set up in the best manner. Job- 
bing promptly attended to, and small and large orders 
are given equally careful attention, three competent and 
reliable assistants being constantly employed, and bot- 
tom prices being quoted. 



192 REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



(Daine Central Railroad. 

The y\/l]itB IV|ountaii]^ and lV|ount Deleft Line, 



ONE THOUSAND MILES OF STEEL. 



Sweeiniifi thiou),'li tln' State of Maine, from Sea Coast to Northern Forests : penetratinji the 
Heart of the White Mountains of New Hampshire: reaching the Head-Waters of the Connecticut 
Biver in Vermont: and with its Eastern and Northern terminal erossint; the International Boundary ^ 

IT F"01«:».XS 
The important link in the only All Eail Koute to IJar Harbor and the Maritime Provinces and is 
the initial road of the most direct line between the Sea at Portland, and Montreal. Quebec, Niagara 
Falls and Chicago, through Scenery nnrivaled in America. 

IT I«EJA.CHI3S 

The finest vacation region known by Sea Coast, .Mountains and Lakes, where the social season is 
brightes-t, as well as the haunts of Large Game and (iame Fish among the Kangeley Lakes, (reached 
all rail this season for the first time), Connecticut Lakes, Dead River Region. Moosehead, Wash- 
ington County Woods, and beyond the border to the Salmon Waters of the St. John. Metapedia and 
Restigouche Rivers in Canada. 

100,000 summer guests during the season of 1890, " Shook all burdens from the heart, all weary 
thoughts away," are ])0ssibilities of health and i)leasure unknown outside the borders of this 
Summer Playground foi' all America. 

Send 4c. in Stainpit to General Passenger Agent for Illnxtrated Hook, Genit of the Norihhind. 

^' =oe°n°?air!T;cuet Agent. Genefal Offices, Portland, Me. ''*^^° Vp.^'i'"'. Manager. 



BOOTHBY'S IMPROVED CAN OPENER. 



HAVE -^\\ BEATS 

THEM 




ALL. 



Booth BY Can 



The above cut represent* one of our Can Ojienerji wllli a can nearly opened. It shows a clean, smooth hole, with edges turned under, 
so it is impocsible to get cut with it. It is the Ijest, quicltest and cheapest can opener on the market. Manufactured by 

BOOTHBY & CO, 

li'.'i MihhleSt, Portu.nd, Mk. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



193 




J. H. PIERCE, Anont Nickel Plate Line, 
40 Exchange Street, rortland, Maine. The advantages 
gained by making use of the facilities offered by a tlior- 
oughly re iable fast freigiit line are too obvious to re- 
quh-e mention, and that they are very generally appreci- 
ated hereabouts is proved by the hearty support given 
the Nickel Plate line, fast freight to all points, west. 
northwest and southwest, via the Maine Central railroad 
from Portland. The resident agent, Mr. J. H. Pierce, is 
a native of Boston, Mass., and has held his present posi- 
tion since 1887, during which time he has made many 
friends among our Portland merchants, and manufactur- 
ers throughout the State by his enterprising and 
straightforward methods, and prompt fulfilment of every 
agreement. Mr. Pierce spares no pains to maintain the 
service at the very highest standard of efficiency, and all 
orders or coramucations of any kind sent to his office. 
No. 40 Exchange street, are assured immediate and caie 
ful attention. Mr. Pierce lays claim to having in the 
"Nickel Plate" all that goes to make up a first-class 
line in every respect, with low rates, quick time, careful 
handling and uo transfer?. Special attention is also 
given to shipment of merchandise from the west to this 
territor3'. Kates and all information will be cheerfully 
furnished upon application. 



J. Iv. CHUECHILL, Dealer in Dry and Fancy 
Goods, and Gents' Furnishings. No. 62 St. Lawrence 
Street, Portland, Me. It is not always the most impos- 
ing appearing establishments that are the most reliable, 
and worthy of patronage, and, in many cases, it will be 
found that just as much dependence can be placed in the 
announcements issued by those carrying on compar- 
atively small entreprises as in those coming from the 
proprietors of more prominent houses. The reason for 
this state of affairs, is that the proprietor of the smaller 
store will strive to get and to keep your individual 
custom, while the other will depend more upon the tran- 
sient trade and caters chiefly to that. This business was 
established over thirty years ago by Mr. Gilbert and 
after a few changes Mr. Granville Staples became pro- 
prietor and it was in 1888 that he was succeeded by the 
present proprietor Mr. J. L. Churchill, who is a native 
of Florida. He has built up a good, steadily increasing 
trade and patronage, by showing the public that it was 
to their advantage to purchase of him. He carries a 
carefully selected assortment of Dry and Fancy Goods 
and Gents' Furnishings. These goods are all warranted 
to prove as represented, and the proprietor's experience 
is valuable in knowing what goods will best please his 
customers. Mr. Churcliill is agent for the Globe Steam 
Laundry. Mr. Churchill employs a capable assistant 
that orders may be promptly executed. The premises 
will measure 25x.50 feet. The following inducement is 
offered to persons visiting the store who may live down 
town, their car fare to and from the hill will be given 
them providing not less than one dollar's worth of goods 
are purchased. A pleasant ride with the privilege of 
visiting Fort Allen Park will thus be obtained free of 
expense. 








JOHN F. SHERRY, Wig Maker, Importer 
and Manufacturer of Human Hair Goods, also Dealer in 
Fancy and Toilet Articles, No. 4.57 Congress Street, 
Portland, Me. The establishment of Mr. John F. Sherry 
at No. 4.57 Congress street, merits more extended de- 
sciiption than the necessity of keeping this book within 
reafonal le liniits enables us to give it. It is one of llie 
most perfectly equipped 
of its kin 1 in \ « I'rig- 
I ind ( ( ni| II in^ 1 i\or- 
il l\ in th |ii ilitv lud 
t \ I I \ 1 1 iiiriicd out, 
I 1 I \ I I in Bos- 
1 II 1 N u 1 1 1 Mr. 
~-li 1 1 \ 1 I " ig m il er, 
I It I in 1 111 iiiuf ic- 
[uu I ( t hum m h lir 
good < f ( V( ly dc (.iip- 
tion b( vii^ (U iling 
1 ng< Iv in I mcy and 
Toilet Articles, such as 
Perfumes, Pomades, 
Cosmetiques, Powders, 
Soaps, Brushes, etc. A 
complete assortment of 
Theatrical Goods, Wigs, 
I'x'ards, Grease Paints, 
Mic, are constantly in 
stock, for sale or to be 
let. The latest improved 
facilities are provided 
for the cutting singeing and dressing of ladies' and 
children's hair. A separate room is allotted them, 
where they find comfort and pri vac J . An extra large 
basin imported expressly for use in shampooing ladies' 
hair, is quite a feature in this room. An apparatus by 
means of which a current of warm air is made to dry 
ladies' hair quickly, thoroughly and pleasai tly after 
shampooing, prevents the possibility of taking cold. 
Mr. Sherry having 




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Studied the best 
authors on " Ilaii 
in Health and Dis 
ease," and being in 
receipt of the latest 
works by the most 
eminent profes- 
sors, can safelj 
advise and givi 
such treatment for 
the preservation 
and restoration ol 
the hair as will be 
for the best advan- 
tage of his custo 
mers. In the gen- 
tlemen's depart 
ment, the equip 
ment includes 
rotary brushes 
driven by electric- 
ity, the only ones 
in the United 

States. An adequate force of skilled assistants is em- 
ployed, and callers are assured prompt and careful 
attention. Quite an extensive mail business is done. 
Printed directions appear on his business card, bj fol- 
lowing them, persons may have wigs or top-pieces made 
and forwarded to order, with the certainity of a perfect 
fit. Mr. Sherry makes a specialty of restoring faded 
hair to its natural color. Wigs or switches, made of 
white hair, turned yellow by age are made by him to 
look almost as good as new. His cliarges are always 
moderate and his work (he best in every respect. 




194 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



PORTLAND, MAINE. 

Manufacturers of Furnflces, r 

Ranges, Stoves, .Sinks, Hollow 
Ware, etc. Incori)orate<i in ISSO. 

This company was started hy V. 
M. Lawrence and continued willi 
a partner until 1H80, when it or- 
ganized as a corporation, with a 
capital of S7.">.(X)0. New works 
were erected in 1882 ujion land 
owned by the company, which 
have been increased from time to 
time as the growing needs of the 
business required. Employment 
is given to about 80 men, and the 
popularity of the "Atlantic" 
Ranges, .Stoves, Furnaces and 
Heaters is indicated by ihe large 
amount of Iron melted at these 
works daily. The business is 
managed by F. >1. Lawrence as 
superintendent and treasurer, as- 
sisted by the genial secretary of 
the company, Mr. Arthur 1'. How- 
ard. To the fact that no defective 
work is allowed to leave the foiind- 

rj', is the phenomlnal success of . 

this business due. Connected with l"i,ii wh >i'.\i, Mm mm,i. 

the business i.s a large Nickel Plat- 
ing plant. Particular attention is paid to heating buildings with either hot air hot water, or a combination of 
both, in any part of New England. 




U»rfJ** 



The Royal Atlantic ™^ 

RANGE ^'' Nicholas Art 



Is a Marvel of Excellence, IJeautj' 
Durability and Excellence. 

Everyone is warranted. 



t^"-^ 




PARLOR 



is one of tlie many artititic 
stoves made by this Com- 
pany. 

Modelled In clay by a.tists 
of repute, it has an unrival- 
led reputation for its rare 
beauty, ornamentation and 
proportion. 

Its arrangement of (lues 
is such as to extract all the 
lieat from the fuel, while 
its model grate and otiicr 
conveniences make its man- 
agement a sinecure. 

For the most artistic and 
desirable parlor heaters Inn 
the 

Art St. Nicholas. 




REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



195 



J. F. GERRITY & CO., Portrait Artists. 
Studios at Portlaud and Bangor, Me. Copying, En- 
larging and Restoring Old Pictures a Speciality. Port- 
land Studio Hi Middle Street. There is no other form 
of artistic work which calls for so high a degree of 
skill and. taste if thoroughly satisfactory results are to 
he attained as does the production of portraits, and for 
this reason, although there are a great many who call 
themselves portrait artists, there are but few who are 
competent to produce portraits really worthy of the 
name, for a portrait is something more than a mere 
" likeness," and it is the public appreciation of this fact 
that makes the majority of so-called " portrait work " 
unsatisfactory. As nothing is more disappointing than 
a poor portrait, we feel that we are doing our readers a 
genuine service by calling their attention to the work 
turned out by Messrs. .1. F. Gcrrity & Co., for this is 
not only unsurpassed but is very seldom equalled, as is 
proved by the fact that the firm in question have taken 
first premiums at the New England Fair for crayon, 
India ink, water color and pastel portraits. They have 
studios at Portland, Bangor, and St. .Tohn's, N. B. ; the 
one in this city being located at No. 2.")7.J Middle 
Street, and being in charge of Mr. F. J. Smith, the 
"company" of tlie firm. Particular attention is given 
to the copying, enlarging, and restoring of old pictures, 
and the most prized article of this kind may safely be 
entrusted to this concern for they guarantee not to 
injure pictures in the least — a fact which will be appre- 
ciated by those who have had dealings with some houses 
that could be mentioned. A large force of assistants is 
employed, and commissions are executed at very short 
notice, orders by mail being given as prompt and care- 
ful attention as those given in person ; and all work 
being fully guaranteed, while the prices are reasonable 
in every instance. The concern refer to some of the 
leading citizens of Maine for whom they have done work, 
and are thoroughly responsible in every sense of the 
word. 




D. S. WARREN & CO., Dealers in Coal, 
244 Commercial Street. Head of Union Wharf. This 
business was established about eighteen years ago by 
Shurtleff it Warren, they were succeeded by Warren 
& P>ing. 'J'he firm of D. S. Warren & Co., was formed 
about seven years since. Mr. D. S. Warren having died 
Jan'y 27th 1891, the business is being ably carried on by 
his son Mr. C. M. Warren. The office is at 244 Commer- 
cial St., at the Head of Union Wharf. There is storage 
capacity for 3,000 tons of coal. This house is classed 
among the most reliable establishments of its kind in 
this vicinity. Purchasers may feel assured of receiving 
excellent goods, honorable treatment and polite atten- 
tion, while the prices are always reasonable. The trade 
which is both wholesale and retail has annually grown 
and the sales now reach a very handsome amount in the 
course of a year. Employment is given to nine capable 
assistants, .and the entire business is managed in the 
most able and satisfactory manner. All orders for coal 
are attended to with care and promptness, and any 
neglect on the part of any employee will be corrected if 
reported to the ottice. 



C. A. ALLEN & CO., Manufacturers of 
Ladies' and Misses' Boots and Shoes, 27 to 31 Plum 
Street, Portland, Me. French process a specialty. It 
is sometimes asserted that the business of boot and shoe 
manufacturing is overcrowded and there is doubtless a 
foundation of truth at the bottom of this assertion for 
certainly there are .so many houses engaged in the busi- 
ness that the competition has become very keen, but in 
this industry as in any other " there is always room at 
the top ■' and the prompt and pronounced success of the 
enterprise inaugurated by Messrs. C. \. Allen & (^o., in 
1887, shows that this concern not only aimed high but 
hit the mark square in the centre. The partners are 
Messrs. C. A. Allen, C. Gatley, VV. F. Dresser, and A. 
E. Pennell ; Mr. Allen being a native of New Hampshire, 
Mr. Gatley of England, and Messrs. Dresser and Pennell 
of this State. The firm are manufacturers of Ladies' 
and Misses' Boots and Shoes, making a specialty of the 
French Process, and turning out goods that i-ompare so 
favorably with others of similar grade and price as to 
ensure their cordial leceptiou wherever introduced. The 
factory is located at Nos. 27 to 31 Plum St., and is fitted 
up with the very latest improved machinery, which fact 
taken in connection with the careful and skilful super- 
vision given every detail of the business, goes far to ex- 
plain the enviable reputation held by the firm for filling 
orders at short notice and at positively the lowest 
market rates. 



GAGE BROS., (Successors to Merrill & 
Gage), Sporting and Athletic Goods, Revolvers, Fishing 
Tackle, etc., leading Bicycles, Safeties and Cycling 
Goods, Agents for -^Columbia" and other high grade 
Wheels. Also practical Taxiderrait ts, F. B. Gage, C. 
K. Gage, Corner Free and Cross Streets, Portland, Me. — 
The immense demand for sporting and athlt tic goods 
caused bj the great and growing popularity of out-door 
sports, gymnastic exercises, etc., justifies our making 
very prominent mention of the establishment conducted 
by Messrs. Gage Brothers, and located at the corner of 
Free and Cross streets, for this firm deal in sporting and 
athletic goods of every description, carry a very heavy 
and complete stock made up of the productions of the 
leading manufacturers, and quote the lowest market 
prices on strictly reliable articles. The business was 
founded in 1890 by Messrs. Merrill & Gage, who were 
succeeded the following year by the present concern, 
composed of Messrs. F. B. and C. K. (Jage, both of whom 
are natives of Portland. The premises utilized comprise 
three floors of the dimensions of .'JOxGo feet, and should be 
visited by all interested in hunting, fishing, rowing, canoe- 
ing, cycling or other athletic recreations, for complete 
lines of supplies for all such sports are at hand to choose 
from, including the very latest novelties and the most 
correct styles. Messrs. Gage Brothers are agents for 
the famous "Columbia" wheels, — the pioneer American 
cycles and now as ever the standard by which all other 
wheels are judged. Special mention should be made of 
the "Columbia ladies' safety,"— a marvel of grace light- 
ness, strength and durability, and unquestionably the 
best cycle for ladies' use yec produced. The firm are 
also prepared to supply other high grade wheels and 
cycling goods of all kinds, revolvers, fishing tackle, etc., 
are largely dealt in, together with dog collars and pug 
harnesses, a specialty being made of these latter goods, 
and a very large and carefully chosen assortment being 
oft'ered. The firm are practical taxidermists, and are 
prepared to execute commissions in the highest style of 
the art, at thort notice and at moderate rates; all work 
being guaranteed satisfactory. F.inploynient is given 
to three assistants, and callers are assured prompt and 
courteous attention, while mail orders will be carefully 
filled without delay. 



196 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 




PORTLAND STONE WAKE COMPANY, 
Winslow & Co., Proprietors, Manufacturers of Fire 
Brick, Sliapps aiiJ Tiles, Grease Traps, Cliiruney Tops, 
Terra Cotla (ianleu N'ases, Stoue Ware Heef Barrels, 
Stone Ware for Cliciiiical Purposes, Keil Land Tile for 
I'niler Draining, Wind Guards to Fit Any Size of Pipe, 
Fire Clay Flue and Cliinmoy Linings, and Dealers in 
Fire Clay, Fire Mortar, Kaolin, etc. Nearly I") years 
have elapsed since the business now carried on by the 
Portland Stone Ware Company was founded by Mr. 
John T. Winslow, aii<l for nion- than ,)() years it has 
been under the coutnil of the present i)roprietor8, 
Messrs. Winslow A Co., consisting of .1. N. and K. B. 
Winslow both of whom are natives of this city. At this 
late day no eulogy of the con)pany's ])roductious is 
needed for they are as widely as they are favorably 
known, and the extent of the demand for them is 
indicated by the fact that the W'orks are capable of 
turning out about a mile of pipe per daj'. Portland 
Vitrified Salt-Glazed drain and sewer pipe has so long 
held the leading position that it is only necessary to say 
that that now produced by tins company is unsurpas.sed 
in any essential, it being now as ever remarkable for 
uniformity of size, finish and composition, and being the 
strongest^ most durable and consequently the cheapest 
to use in the long run. Special prices are (|Uotcd on 
car load lots from factory, and the most extensive 
orders can be filled at very short notice. The company 
also manufacture fire brick, shapes and tiles, grease 
traps, chimney tops, terra-cotta garden vase.s, stone 
ware beef barrels, stone ware for chemical i)urposes, 
red land tile for under-draining, wind guards to fit any 
size of pipe, fire clay. Hue and chimney linings, etc. .\ 
lat.ilogue of vases and tests of sewer pipe will be sent 

on applicatiiii clers addresseil to P O. box l.'i.lS being 

a<-ured pnitnpl attention. .\ branch bouse Is niain- 
I lined at No. \'i Oliver .St., Boston, and goods are 
-hipped to all parts of New Knghunl. The factory is 
located at the north end of Deering's Bridge, and is 
connecteil by telephone. No. .")!!) B. \'ery spacious 
premises are utilized, the main building being four 
stories in height and (Hi x 17") feet in dimensions, and 
employment is give to about 12."i assistants, so it is not 
surprising that even the largest orders can be filled .nt 
very short notice. 



C. L. SHAW, Pn-.sciiptioii T)iiifrg;i.st, 209 
Congress, opp. India .St., Portland, Me. Prominent 
among the many attractive stores of Portland is that 
conducted by Mr. C. L. Shaw as a druggist. It was 
established in 1888 since which time he has gained the 
confidence and good-will of this community. The prem- 
ise? are well arranged and will measure 2.">xii0 feet. 
The stock on hand embraces a full line of Drugs and 
Chemicals, with a good assortment of such specialties 
as are usually to be found in a first-class Druggist's 
Store. Mr. Shaw being an experienced druggist, the 
prescription <iepartment is managed with a skill and 
intelligence that has given this house an enviable repu- 
tation. The neat and attractive appearance of this store 
and the line stock of goods liandled, has done much to 
make it a favorite resort for those desirous of |)urchas- 
ing first-class articles. Mr. Shaw tliough a native of 
Iowa has made many permanent frieiuis in this city. 
He gives employment only to those who are trust-worthy 
and competent] \isitois are cordially and promptly 
waited upon. 



IRA BERRY, Jr., 



DKAl.KIl IN — 



Watches, Jewelry 



And OPTICAL GOODS, 



48 Exoliaiigo SI., 



Portland. 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



197 




JOHN L. BEST, 



AND DEALER IN 



LIVE STOCK. 

Mutton and Poultry, Fresli Pork, Sausages, Hams, Etc. 



PORTLAND, ME. 



BONDSMEN 
SUPERSEDED. 



SURETY ON BONDS. 

Those who are re<iuired to give Bonds in 
positions of trust, and who desire to avoid 
asking friends to become then' sureties, or 
who may wish to relieve friends from further 
obligations as bondsmen, should apply in per- 
son or by letter to 



W. D. LITTLE, Acrent, 

31 EXCHANGE ST., PORTLAND, ME., 

AMERICAN SURETY COMPANY OF NEW YORK. 

C.A.S'IT.A.Xj, *i,ooo,ooo. 
pamphlets on application. 

Mr. W. D. Little now represents the American Surety Company 
of New York, and has represented the Old Mutual Life Insurance 
Company of New Yorlc more than l-^i years, having been engaged in 
active business in Portland more than 60 years. 

W. D. LITTLE & CO., 
General Insurance Agency, 

Established in 1843. 
Office, 31 Exchange St., Portland, Me. 

So large a portion of the total amount of insur- 
ance canied is now placed through agencies that it 
is obvious that no arguments are required in order 
to prove the advantages gained by such a practice 
and we will therefore call attention to the facilities at 
the command of the General Insurance Agency, con- 
ducted under the tirm-Bame of W. U. hittle ACo., at 
No. 31 Exchange street. This agency was established 
in 1843, and has been under the sole management of Mr. 
Thomas J. Little, since the retirement of Mr. W. D. 
Little in 1887. Mr. Thomas J. Little was born in Tort- 
land and is very well known throughout the community. 
He has been connected with the city government as 
councilman, and as treasurer of the Maine commandery 
of the Military order of the I^oyal Legion of the United 



States, and other organizations, and also served in the 
army during the Rebellion. He has made insurance mat- 
ters a sptcial study; the result being that he is thor- 
oughly familiar with the subject aud hence is in a posi- 
tion to give reliable counsel to those who may desire 
advice. The companies represented by this firm are 
first-class companies only, and can" name as low 
rates as any reliable agency, all business con- 
fided to this firm is assured imiiiediale and pair staking 
attention. We would therefore inform the residents of 
Portland and vicinity, who wish to secure reliable in- 
surance, that they would best serve their own interests 
by availing themselves of this firm's service as it repre- 
sents some of the most reliable companies in the country. 



F. H. WIDBBR, Agent for N. T. Hill, Man- 
ufacturer aud Wholesale Dealer in Black Walnut and 
Ash Extension Tables. Portland, Me. Odell Block, 9 
to 15 Union St. Styles in furniture are constantly 
changing and what is regarded as an "artistic novelty" 
to-tiay will in many cases be looked upon as a " back 
number " a year from now, but there are certain styles 
which are as staple as flour or sugar and prominent 
among these are extension tables. Of course the details 
of these tables vary somewhat from one season to an- 
other at times but for all practical purposes a well- 
designed and well made extension table is alw.ays"in 
style " and is at once an indispensable convenience and 
an ornament to every house. No dealer can aftbrd to 
handle inferior extension tables for they are dillicult to 
sell and will surely prove unsatisf.actory to the purchaser 
and prejudice him against all the goods ofi"ered by the 
one of whom he bought it. By placing orders with a 
house making a specialty of extension tables of superior 
quality they may be obtained at figures which enable 
them to be sold at a profit at a moderate price, and for 
proof of this statement we would refer the reader to Mr. 
F. H. Widber, agent for Mr. N. T. Hill, one of the lar- 
gest manufacturers of Black Walnut and Ash Extension 
Tables in New England. Nothing but carefully selected 
and thoroughly seasoned stock is used , an elaborate 
plant of the most improved machinery is operated ; 30 
experienced assistants are employed, aud every detail of 
the work is so carefully supervised that the perfection 
of the product is practically assured. The factory and 
warerooms are at Nos. to 15 Union St., Odell Block, 
and the facilities are such that the largest orders can be 
filled at very short notice, and at prices as low as can 
be quoted on e(iually desirable goods by any manufac- 
turer in the country. 



198 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS ME^. 







FLYNN, THE TAINTKIt, Artist, Sigu 
Writer and Decorator, Faiutiug in all its Branches. No. 
127 Green Street, Portland. Maine. One of the most 
prominent artist.*, sign writers, and decorators of 
Portland is Mr. Jl. F. Flynn, who established his 
business iu this city about ISSO. This gentleman makeB 
a specialty of carved, raised and beveled letters, metal, 
glass and japanned signs, banners, coat of arms and 
emblems, house, fresco and carriage painting, and as he 
employs only competent help, is able to till orders 
|)romptly and to guarantee llie (jnallty of his work. It 
is ;in established fact, that painting has become an art 
during late years, and requires not only originality of 
conception, but natural talent for its successful prose- 
culion. The premises occupied are located at Xo. 127 
(ireen Street, where all orders receive prompt and 
accurate attention. Only the best stock is used by Mr. 
Flynn, and his work has firmly established him in a 
large and growing patronage. lie is prompt and 
reliable in his engagements, and enjoys the full couli- 
dencc of his customers and the general public. 



INDEX TO BUSINESS NOTICES. 



Arrhilccla. 

Fasfwtt, E. F ir,r. 

Fasselt. F. H nji! 

Stevens. John L'alvin .'»:j 

ArtUtH. 

Brown, 11. B Ill 

(iould, Alice M 101) 

Boot and Shoe Dealers. 

Bostnn Hnrt;ain Shoe Co fii 

Hrown. IrvinK .1 104 

Brunei. I). \V 117 

hean Brothers 114 

Kinr .1. E i:!7 

ilreene. Wyer & Co :,i> 

l,al].-. .\lvin A K, 

Miill.T, H. A. & Son 82 

M l.in, C. F 8.1 

Mil.h.ll Bros lo:i 

Norton, E. S. & Co llli 

Smith, F. L 76 

Whlle.F.C !P6 

KootD and SliueH, Mfrn. and .lobberR. 

Allen. C. A. .V Co 195 

Berry, A. H. Shoe Co ll,i; 

FiirnKwortli, B. B. .ii Co 77 

I'ay.son ,t Mender 17B 

KhHW, (io,li»K ,*L C. .. l.',0 

Walker, Chiis. J. iV Co ISO 

Itooka and Stationery. 

Clark, Fri.nk B 91 

Huvjs. HbII 1 1(1.-, 

1'es.M-n N.(i. l:i4 

l.orint,'. Short ,V: Iliirnion 7(( 

Viirney, Charles T isi 

Kottier* of Sprine and Mineral Walord. 

Cnsro Boitllne Co 178 

hiKulls Brothers . 112 

Searhi.ro Clmlylieale Spring's lUll 

I'ndernocKl Co., The ISO 

Bilflinesn Collejj;eii. 

rorllanil BnKiness College (>•• 

Shan's BnHinesH College Kil 



Bakers and Conreetionere. 

FleminK, .lohu Ins 

Ooiidy it Kent 72 

(irewer, William IDS 

Hudson, Oeo 85 

Lihbv, A. H 120 

Uird, I. F 134 

Jlontieth, William lOO 

Kol.inson, f). D l.ll 

Smarden. Fred H 119 

Smardon. U. W LV) 

Beef, Wholesale. 

lies', .lohn L 107 

Iiyer. Thomas & Co 180 

Ka.'ilern Beef Co 107 

Merrill, F-ugene Khi 

I'orllanil Beef Co 77 

Kobinson, C. A ]:iii 

Banks and Bankers. 

Brown, J. B.& Sons 7.-. 

chapman Banking Co Xt 

Ciusco National Bank .'iR 

First Niit'l Bank fiO 

Miiini' Savings Bank lil 

National Traders Bank 71; 

I'on hind Safe Deposit Co 107 

Torlland Savings Bank iW 

Kilhards. Fml E. & Co IS!) 

Swan ,<; Barrett 62 

Woodliiny ,< Moulton .W 

Canned Oooda. 

AVehh, II. F. & Co 7S 

Maine Canning O IS.S 

Cnmmings, N. ChfTord ,« Bro 1,'iS 

Carpet liiKR, etr, 

Bailey, H. .1. & Co 6<i 

Hooper, David 8:1 

Kilhorn, W. T. & Co 82 

Cement Pipe Mfrs. 

Cnsro Carhonized and Cement I'ipe Co... 170 
I'ortland Cement Pipe Co K.l 

Carpenters, Masons and Bnllders. 

Blals<lell, I.. C. A Co 1011 

Bnrrowea, John W us 



Bnrrowes, V,'m 126 

Dow, Joseph 132 

(Ireen & Jordan 167 

Hunt, E. W 162 

Jenekes, T. C M 185 

Lihby, Addison 122 

Redlon. N. E 90 

Sawyer, Albion 80 

Smiw. C. E 108 

Sjlvesler. Geo. S 128 

Coal and TVood. 

CiimniiugR. N. Clifford (wholesalei l.'>8 

Fiekelt. J. T 118 

Johnst n. J. T 121 

Larochelle, P. A. & Co 118 

Morse, A. D m 

McCue ,V Walsh 124 

Kjindall .t McAllister 70 

SargenI, tPennison ,t Co. (wboleaalei 184 

Watson, J. h 94 

Warren, D S. A C< 1»& 

Wright, A. K. .t Co 133 

York.C. W 98 

Carriage Hfrs. and Repairers. 

Bailey, (ieo. W 116 

Bailey. F. <). .V: Co 97 

Crandall. York & Conislock 68 

Dunham, W H T« 

Jones, O. W 143 

Mason, S US 

TalhotA Moulton Vif 

Crockery, China and Olass. 

Boston Bargain Store t W. E. Whipple) 91 

Hadloek. Chas W 104 

Jose.Chas.E .t Ct 74 

Swasey, E, ,t Co uo 

Dairy Prmlucts. 

Forest City Creamery m 

Stevens * Co «| 

Dry and Fancy Goods. 

Allen. J. Mrs 7.. 

Bean. C. E 140 

IVarse, Murphy & Co. Wholesale 14J 

Churchill. J. I ,»3 

Fil/.gerald, J. H lai 

Hodschin, A. M. Mrs m 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



199 



Legrow.C.M 127 

Little. X. John & Co 141 

Merrill, Thonies & Co 175 

Owen, Moore & Co •\ 

Owen, E. M, & Co !IC, 

Turner Bros. & Neweoinh lliO 

l>riig:g:ist8. 

Cro.ss. Ernest E ll:i 

Drew Walter 1 94 

Greenleaf, C. B l.W 

Keefe, .John D 112 

McUlrnc-hv, D. 1' 100 

Parker, Willis G 126 

Shaw, C r 1116 

Simmons & Hammond 82 

Stevens, E. W 106 

Stimson. H. L 123 

Tntlen. James B li)7 

Turner, Fred A lug 

Wav.C.&Co 72 

Wood, O. E 128 

Dentists. 

Brooks, M. F 172 

Braun. OsnarF 175 

Kimball. Carlton 121 

Morrill, W. B 139 

Pierce.C. N .52 

Strout, J. M 143 

£xpreS8, Trucking:, etc. 

Chase, E C 187 

Frpi-nian. k. H 116 

Hiaeins, .lohn 80 

Kingsley's Express loO 

Kenney, C. <; 1.34 

l-eithton, F.anSlin '. 66 

I.ibhy, Chas. E 170 

Patrick & Co 127 

Flour, Grain and Feed. 

Brown & Josslyn 189 

Chase, Warren P 127 

nrvden, John 153 

Holland, C. A; S 93 

Jordan, A. W 78 

King, F. H 181 

Kensell & Tabor 66 

Lappin, J. J. ct Co S6 

Marr& Liltlefield 185 

Norton, Chapman & Co 140 

Stevens&Co 61 

True, S. A. & J. H 163 

Thaxter, S. W. & Co 52 

Trefethen, John 151 

Waldron, F. A. & Co 164 

Williams, R. & Co 169 

Furniture Mfrs. 

Beals, Thos. P. & Co 124 

Bucknam, C. H 120 

Collarto, E 129 

Hill, N. T. (Widber. F. H., Agent) 197 

Furniture Dealers. 

Davis, Roscoft S. & Co 175 

Hovt, I-.F. & Co 185 

Merrill, Fred L. & Co ISl 

Tibbetts, Frank P. & Co 162 

Flavoring Extracts. 

Baker, Maurice & Co 54 

Ricker, H. H & Co v 61 

Florists. 

Kane, Thomas 112 

Viekery, J 126 

Fruit and Confectionery. 

Briggs, Thomas 190 

Cameron & Leathe 88 

East End News Co 107 

Hamilton, S I55 

Merrill, A. B 179 

Morrill, E J 71 

Perkins, L. J. Si Son 101 

Whitehall, E. S 99 

House Finish. 

Farrlngton & Mann 90 

Howard, C. H & Co 117 

iiroceries and Provisions. 

Bain, C. H l.io 

Bennett, E. H 160 

Bartlett, 0. F 118 

Bucknam, R. F. & Co 104 

Bourke, B. T 73 

Cousens, C. C. ct Co 112 

Carter & Coveny 120 



Conneen, D. J 153 

Dunn, W. S 159 

Eagle Market 170 

Fowler, Geo. H 192 

Guptill. Geo. A.A Co 117 

Go<ling C. W. T l-i5 

Gill, P. J 157 

Goff, E. F. & Co 159 

Hall, Arthur T. ,t Co 135 

Hunter, S. Mrs 126 

Hodges, J. E 113 

Hunt & Verrill 75 

King, F. H ; 127 

Littlcfield, C. H Ill 

Lovell, F. E 110 

Littli-field & Co 93 

Lombard, C. H. it F. W 87 

McLiiughlin. S. W los 

Morrill & Boss S9 

Moimtfort, C. F. & Co 102 

McFadden, T 103 

Merrier, Lester A... 116 

Maddox, S. A 123 

Pennell. C. J 98 

Place. Merrill 109 

Rice, ,J. L 6S 

.Sanhnrn. W. S 146 

Small, F. L. ,.*t Co 137 

Sawyer & Dyer 122 

Strout. J. L.' 106 

SkillinA Farringtou 96 

Smith, W. T 68 

Wilson. W. L. & Co 106 

Wardwell & Chflford 149 

Grocers ( Wholesale.1 

Donnell.J. B 160 

Em ry, John A. & Bro 176 

Fletcher & Co 73 

Latham, W. W. fi Son 173 

M^liher. H. S & Co 50 

Milliken. Tondinson Co 169 

Patrons Co-operative Corporation 1.59 

Shaw, Hammond & Carney 66 

Sargent. Lord &Skillin 69 

Skillin, Hawkes & Co 81 

Steadman, E. JI. & Co 180 

Simouton &. Randall 181 

Weston, C. A. * Co 183 

Hotels and Restaurants. 

Blanchard House 173 

Black, Samuel 128 

Danforth, M. V., Mrs 123 

Eagle Hotel 142 

Exchange St. Restaurant (J. Mitchell) 132 

Freeman, T. W 99 

Harding, R. L 93 

Harding, Henry A 100 

Home Restaurant (W. A. Love) 120 

Johnson, Stephen 134 

Merchants Exchange Hotel 80 

Perkins, L. J. * Son loi 

Preble Rouse 65 

Ruby, W. W 122 

Shaw, S. A 107 

Timmons & Hawes 180 

Welch. A.F 86 

West End Oyster House 73 

Hardware, Mill Supplies, Iron and Steel. 

Emery, Waterhouse & Co 180 

Perkins, N. M. & Co 114 

Stevens, A E. & Co 1.58 

Smith, Tibbets A- Co.. 175 

Hatters and Furriers. 

Ayer, Houston & Co. (Mfrs.) 77 

Revol, J. J S6 

Somers Brothers 71 

Hair Goods, 

Lovering, F. M S3 

Sherry, .John F 193 

Harness Dealers and mfrs. 

Bailey, .James & Co 190 

Child. A. W 95 

Chandler, John W 126 

Dunn, E. H 154 

Sheehan, T. B 132 

House, Sign, and Carriage Painters. 

Anderson, C. Judson 7S 

Brown, A. H 98 

Doughty, John 84 

Dam, C. F 1,33 

Fiynn, H. F 198 

Hovey, .1. Frank 116 

Jost, Dan'l F. (decorator) 136 



King, W. A 

Libhv, Chas. S 

Mi-Glauflin, Geo. E. 

Miilhall, M. T 

Mcl'licrson, R. E... 



He 
ud, F. E. 



M A. 



Os 

Rolwrts, W. U. 

Smith's, The ] 

Insurance. 

American Fire Ins. Co. (B. Shaw) 

American Surely Co. of N. Y. ( W. D. Little) 1 

Dow, John E 1 

E(iuiial)li- Life Assurance Co (F. Phillips) 1 

Lutle. W. 11. ,<; Co r.. 1 

^hi-s. Miiiiial l.de Ins. Co. (J. P Steveuil 

.Maine Mulual .\ccident Ass'u.The 

MuiiKiT. .lohn W 

Mutual Life Lis. Co. of N. Y. (J. W. Fit/.- 

patrick) 1 

Mulual lienelit.Life Ins Co. (A. H. Ford). 1 
New York Life In*. Co. (Peter Mercer).... 
New York Life Ins. C... (W. H Anderson) 1 
Nortinvfsicr-.i Mutual Life Ins. Co. (Merry 



\ Gundint; 
North liiilish 



Ml Me 



utile Ins. Co. (A. 



National Life Ins Co. of Vt, (G. P. Deivev) 
N. England .Mutual Life Ins. Co. iV. R. 

Fos«i : 

Portland Marine Unlerwriiers 

Penn. Mutual Life Ins. Co. (Austin & Lid- 
back)... .. : 

Portland Lloyds ■ 

Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co. (H. H. McAI- 

piue) ] 

Travelers Ins. Co., The tS Schwar/.child).. : 

Travellers, The (G. C. Cannell) 

Union Mutual Life Ins. Co 

Washington Life Ins. Co. of N. Y. (J. B. 

Brackett) 

York Mutual Aid Ass'n. (F. R. Dooley)... : 
Ice Dealers. 

Burnham & Co 

Clark & Chaplm Ice Co 

Jewelers and Opticians. 

Boynton, R. H 1 

Berry, Irajr ] 

Carter Brothers : 

OrifBn, Geo. H ] 

Johnson, H ] 

Merrill, J. A. & Co 

Merrill, Fred L. & Co ] 

Pendexter. E. S 

Quimby, M. T. & Co ] 

Senter, Wm. & Co ] 

Todd.W. F ] 

Junlt Dealers. 

Brown Brothers ..t Co 

Pike, S. H. & Co 

Laundries and Dye Houses. 

Empire Laundry 1 

Gem Laundry ] 

Globe Steam Laundry 

Han)lin, F. H 

People's .Steam Laundry, The 1 

Simonds Dye House 1 

Loan and Trust Companies. 

Des Moines Loan and Trust Co., The 

Portland Trust Co 

Portland Loan and Building .Association. 1 
Security Investment and Loan Assn 1 

Livery aud Boarding Stables. 

Babbidge Brothers 1 

Benson, M 1 

Boyd Street Stable, (M. S. liouuds) 1 



H. 



Hasty, Edward 102 

Libbv, E. S 113 

Manifleld, H. E 101 

Oak Street Livery Stable, (H. L. Taylor).. 191 

Rose, George & Son 69 

Sportord, H. G 102 

Thomp.son, H. M 80 

Pollsters and Fish. 

Fernald.D. L. & Co 167 

llariling, R. I 93 

Holbrook, Trefetheui Harvey 181 

Kennedy & Willard 171 

Lombard, C. W. & Co 98 

Lang, Sewall 105 

Loveitt, .John ,X: Co 184 

Marston, C. W. & Co i 65 



REPRESENTATIVE BUSINESS MEN. 



160 



McKlvitt. J. * Co 

McDonald,.!. H 

Norton, Chapman & Co , 

SargHiu, Hnnry 

.Smith, Al)i.-1 M. & Co 

SkillinKs, S. A. * Co 

Treffthi-n. N. Y 

Trefethen. .J. W 

Timnions ,S; Haw cs , 

Wyer, I). & Co 

Wilcox. (Wn 

Webb & .Sheppard , 

Lumber Dealers. 

Berlin Mills rv, 

Clement, F. M 

DeeriiiK. Winnlow & Co 

Doten, S. II..S: A. R 

Daniels. Isaiah 

Hajikinii, W. & Son ., 

lyfOrow Brothers ,.' 

Lewis, IJ. & Co '.' 

Larrabee. ,S. W. iV: Son 

Millilfen. W. V 

MoFadden, O. A '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' 

Kiilianlson, Walker« Co .'.'...'... 

Kunieiy. Hirnie & Co 

Smart. S. M 

Soule, (iilbert M 

Westby, W. & Co '..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 

Millinery, Wholesale and Retail. 

Barnes, A. K 

Bibber, Adelaide M '..'.'. 

Bibher, Fred A .'. 

Bosworth, Mrs. M. A 

Ea.stman & Ciitts 

Heath, E. I. Mrs 

Kehoe, S. E 

Kaler, H.S.&Co 

McMann ^iS: Co .'.' 

Palmer, J. K 

Smart, A. A. Mrs ......'. 

SkilliDKs.c. W 

Waterboiise, (i. S 

Waterhouse. L. A 

Marble and Granite. 

Skillings, Fred E 

Thompson, II. F '.'.'.".'.'.'.' "' 

Union firanite Company.!..!!.!.!!!.'.'."!.' 
„ . . Music Teachers. 

Bam, Jas. A 

Grimmer, Chas 

Rankin, F. L !!!!!!!!!!!!.!" 

Manufacturers. 

Babcock, Chas. P. (safes) 

Belknap Moter Co. (water motors)....!!! 
Bnrrowe.s. E. T. ■)(: Co. (wire screens i .... 

Boothliv & Co. (can onenersi 

HIake, W. L * Co. (oils) 

Harki-r Mf K Co. icaiiniiii; house mach'ry) 
Hraikeit. .1. L. & Co. (trunks and bags) .. 

Br«.kett, .1. 1' (boxes) ..... 

Connor. Thos. (pulley blocks) 

Cha.se. Chas. H. (cement) 

Casco Tanning C:o. (leather) 

Emery, Nel»on fJ. (carriage stock) 

Gerrlsh. .1. J. & Co. (railroad and engine 

8U pplies) 

firiflln. E. S. (w-ood carver) 

Harjier. .Jarne-s. (lasts) 

Hall Mowing Machine Co 

Herrick \ Son, (cod liver oil) 

KniElit Bros, (brass founders} 

I-aoK, E. M. .t Co. (solder) 

M.D.umld, Oeo. F. (ship tanks) 

• iriinl KI.-.Mric Co transmitters) 

rortlan.i .Star Matrli Co 

l'..rllHri.l Slorie Wan- Co ! 

I'.irdali.l Hi. Ming Mill 

I'..rllun,l .St.,v.. F„„.(dryCo !! 

nii-k''|i((i'r.v .I..II..S, ( lirnss ami iron works) 
Stevens. Woodman .^ Co. (silver and nickel 

ware. 

.Scolt. Wm. H. (fJutters) .!....! 

StIckneyOil Burner Co 

Tyler. M. H. ,s Co. (st^-p ladders) 

True Bros ushesi... 

Iniied lniliirni..il Fibre Co. ((tbre ware). . 

Ui-stbr....k Mf'KCo, (duck, eU') 

W.-»cott. W II. (lionan.!cot.r)erKult<-rs). 
Munufacturers* Aeeiils. 

Boyd.drvllleii. ((irocers Bundriesi 

Butler. F. H. iniilllnery Koodsi 

Fltt«. J. P (t<il)acco). 

Harris. Thos. if & Co 

Johnson, T. II. &. Co. (canned KOods) 



Mitchell, A. A. (fertili7.ers) 157 

Machinery, Etc. 

Leigbton, A. K. P. & Son (sbipwrlKhtsi 106 

Mills & Gilmour 125 

Orr& Jennings 109 

Portland Foundry and Machine Works.... 154 

Portland Company 158 

Scanlan &(^o 86 

Stickney, H. K 174 

Taylor. William, (Bhipsmith) 106 

Winslow, Daniel X Son. 101 

M iscellaneous. 

Bailey, (Jeo. H. (veterinary surgeon) 121 

Bourne, M. B. A Son, (slate rcwfersj I.il 

Business Men's Com. Employment Ex 135 

Bu/.zell, James M (physician) 107 

Burnh m's. Dr. (eleclrii^ si ver battery). .. lo.i 

BarlKiur, J. & E. R. (mill supplies) 146 

Carlton Bros. A (3o. (mason supplies) 160 

Curtis & Son, (chewing gum) 167 

Chadbourn & Kendall, (tailors trhiiinings) 148 
Central Wharf Tow Boat Company ..... 142 

Dalton, C. B. &. Co (poultry supplies) m 

Daniels, "Line" (taxidermist) 133 

Emery. Mark P 64 

Ellsworth, James (nets, seines and twines) 152 

Gait Block Wareh use Co , (storage) 146 

Giant Electric Moler Co 171 

Graves, C. P. (piaco tuner and repairer). . 84 

Gilman, I. V. (umbrellas).... ing 

(iatley, R. K. (pinsterer) lis 

Harmon .t Hosmer, (pension attorneys)... 87 

nine's Honey and Almond Cream 188 

Frost's I mp. Comp. Vapor Baths 176 

Frazier, W. B. (upholsterer) to 

Maine .\sphalt Rooting an(J Paving Co 131 

I'alnier, (Mrs.) Employment Agency its 

Parker & Nagle, (boat builders) 105 

Portland Street Sprinkling Co loii 

Huiiiford Falls Power Co og 

So. Casco Stage Line is5 

RacklefT, J. L., Attorney \fa 

Stringer, J. E. (coffee) ]68 

Union Ticket Ofllce \^f, 

Webster, A. M. Mrs. (industrial bureau)..! 141 

Willard, B. J. (.stevedore and pilot) 157 

Webber, A. D. Ccorn cakes; 153 

Produce Coinuitsslon. 

Ciiinmings Bros. \- Co 79 

Cummings Si Winchester .■)>> 

Cliaflin, Frank W 7<i 

Greene, Ct nis ' 8() 

«»'<,«'y.i- V ; ,«., 

Motley & Co 187 

Pliotojjrraphers. 

Oerrity. J. F. & Co log 

Hearn Studio, (F. E. Roberts) 152 

Peck.J.M 04 

Smith, H. M 100 

Pickles, Etc. 

Pettengill, E. D. & Co 77 

Roljertson, A., \;\ 

Plumbers, Etc. 

Alexander's; Simpson a5 

Davis, C. W 101 

Hutchinson, M. C 151 

Jones, C. H. & Co ss 

Merrill, I. D id? 

Pork Packers. 

Siinire, John P. .^ (Jo ]/,' 

Thompson, FttwIer.S: Co IKO 

Paints, Ulls and Dye ^tufrs. 

Burgess, Fobes « Co 16« 

Flckett, J B. * Co «4 

Perkins. John W. & (to 70 

Pulp, Etc. 

Anilrosi'oggln Pulp Co 71 

Otis Falls Pulp Co 71 

Sebago WocmI Board Co 62 

Umbagog Pulp (,'0 174 

Planus and Organs, and Muslral Instru- 
■neiits. 

Cressey .V^ Jones |8II 

Cliandler, W. K 138 

Hastlngn, W. P 139 

Stockbrldge. Ira C 123 

Real Estate. 

Gardiner, N. S 130 



Morrell. E. J 71 

Pritchard. B. F 87 

Proctor, J. F i,'!4 

Shaw, Benjamin :i 

Stair Ruilders. 

Allen, W. A 174 

Staples, W. M. & Co 7.. 

Shipstores, Etc. 

Bain. C. H 1.50 

Cushing & McKenney Ill 

Guptdl Geo. A. & Co 117 

Lyman. Son & Co 191) 

Ship Brt kers. Etc. 

Cba.se. I^avitt & Co 74 

(JallagherA Co. 106 

Nickerson. Peter S 71 

Winslow. J. S. & Co 148 

Stoves, Ranges, Etc. 

Alexander, A. R 9:1 

Cummings, C. A 138 

Nash, F. .(J: C. B 172 

Tracy, John 126 

Sugar Reflners and Brokers. 

Forest City Sugar Refining Company 62 

Hunt, Geo. S. & Cram 174 

Sporting Goods. 

Bailey, O. L .50 

Gage Brothers 195 

Sail and Awning Makers. 

Fowler.J ,.«: J Ill 

Leavitt, F. A .if.t 

Lincoln & Allen 151 

Mitchell & Fowler S5 

Waite, Albert H 141 

York, J. S. & Son 130 

Tailors, Clothiers and Gents' Furnish- 
ings. 

Beale. Arthur W., ,H: Co 95 

Burleigh Clothing Co HI 

Briggs,A.I) 114 

Bernstein Brothers 119 

Card, W. 1 74 

Clark, Ira F., & Co 12ii 

Davis, Sam'l 87 

Haskell .V Jones 91 

Kohling, W. H 85 

Ix>ighton. W. M 121 

McNeill, E 84 

McLaughlin, J. A 168 

New Yortr Clothing Store (L. Wasserman) 115 

Nansen. M. M I.'i7 

Rosenberg Bros 14it 

White, I 111! 

Warren, Geo. L 1*2.'. 

■i'oung, L. C 172 

Toys and Fancy Goods. 

Day, Chas 95 

Merrill, A. B 179 

Tea Companies, 

GlobeTeaCo i:i9 

Union Pacific Tea Co 93 

* Tobacfto & Cigars. 

"Beardswortli, J. J 108 

Chlsholm, John 112 

Campl)ell,.S. S. B. (inf'r) 157 

Marsh, A. P 87 

Undertakers. 

Rich, S. S.,« Son 137 

Tobin, Dennis 167 

Wall Papers and Picture Frames. 

Batchelder, C. H 84 

Eaton, Ralph H 95 

(ireenieaf. (!eo jt Co IM 

Loring, Short A Harmon 70 

Stnbbs .Mgernon 140 

Traiisport4fttli>n Companies. 

Casco llav Slenmbi'al Co I.'.i 

llarpswill Stt'iiiiilioat I'o Ills 

International Stennishl|i Co 115 

Maine Central R. R 192 

Portland Steam Packet Co 182 

People's Ferry Co 143 

Pierce, J, H 103 



